Taxation and Mercantilism - Mercantilism is the belief in the benefits of profitable trading.

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    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War ranked up $70,000,000 dollars in debt, causing Britain to start taxing the colonists.

  • Albany Plan for the Union

    The Albany Plan for the Union was a plan created by Benjamin Franklin used to form a unified government for the original 13 colonies.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    The Royal Proclamation of 1763 forbid the colonists from moving out west of Appalachia.

  • Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was a tax placed upon every printed piece of paper that the colonists used.

  • Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act states that if there was not enough room for the troops in the barracks, then they were to be stationed in public houses.

  • Declaratory Act

    The Declaratory Act states that the authority over taxes was the same in England as in the American colonies.
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    Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts were 4 acts that were passed by the British Parliament to place new taxes on items like paper, paint, and glass.

  • Boston Massacre

    While being harassed by a mob, the British Army shot and killed many people on King Street.

  • Tea Act

    The Tea Act gave the British East Indian Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.

  • Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was a protest lead by colonists in Boston against the taxation of tea. They threw chests of tea into the harbor.

  • Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts were laws that were passed to discipline the colonists of Massachusetts for their actions at the Boston Tea Party.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    The 1st Continental Congress decided to boycott all goods from Britain in an attempt to make them repeal the Intolerable Acts.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the very first involvement of the military in the American Revolutionary War.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    The 2nd Continental Congress issued The Olive Branch Petition in an attempt to stay out of a war with the British.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    The Olive Branch Petition was a petition asked for by the colonists in an attempt to avoid a war with Britain. They pledged their loyalty to crown.

  • Thomas Paine writes Common Sense

    Thomas Paine wrote to the colonists through Common Sense to convince them to break away from Great Britain.

  • Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is a written document that summaries the reasons that the 13 colonies wanted their independence.

  • Articles of Confederation

    The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the US agreed upon by the 13 colonies.

  • Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris was signed by King George III and representatives of America, marking an end to the Revolutionary War.