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French and Indian War
England owed huge debt. Change from salutary neglect to mercantilism. -
Period: to
French and Indian War
England owed huge debt. Change from salutary neglect to mercantilism. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. -
Stamp act
Placed a tax on all colonial paper goods. Required colonists to pay for a taxed stamp on all paper goods, therefore taxing the paper. -
Boston Massacre
A British army detachment opened fire as they felt threatened by a mom of colonists. The shooting killed 5 colonists -
Boston Tea Party
Protesting both a tax on tea (taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company, a party of Bostonians thinly disguised as Mohawk people boarded ships at anchor and dumped some £10,000 worth of tea into the harbor -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)
the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Quartering Act. Rather than intimidating Massachusetts and isolating it from the other colonies, the oppressive acts became the justification for convening the First Continental Congress later in 1774. -
First Continental Congress Meets & Sends Olive Branch Petition to King George III
Called by the Committees of Correspondence in response to the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. Fifty-six delegates represented all the colonies except Georgia.They send a petition of peace to the king, he throws it out. -
Lexington and Concord "The shot heard around the world"
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
2nd Continental Congress
Took a momentous step in declaring American Independence. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Pamphlet that was widely accepted in the American colonies, paved the way to American Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Declared America Independent from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
Served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Daniel Shays Rebellion
Uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. Armed bands forced the closing of several courts to prevent execution of foreclosures and debt processes.
