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Mercantilism theory
Mercantilism Theory: Great Britain’s began to trade with the colonies in order to achieve their goal of aquiring the most gold and silver over other countries. -
salutary neglect
Salutary Neglect: England relaxed its strong enforcement of most rules and regulations in return for economic loyalty from the colonies. -
French and Indian War
French and Indian War: France and Great Britain were rivals. The both wanted to build a world empire and to do so they needed more land. They both had their eyes on the Ohio river valley. The colonist fought for Great Britain and won the war. Both sides had Native Americans as allies. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763: Great Britain banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains in order to avoid conflict with the Natives. This angered the colonists because they just fought really hard for that land. -
the Quartering act
Great Britain forced colonists to house british soldiers. -
The Stamp Act
Great Britain required colonists to buy a special stamped paper for every single document. The tax effected everyone tremendously. -
Stamp act of Congress
A meeting consisting of representatives from some of the colonies. It was the first gathering of elected representatives of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation. -
The Boston Massacre
An incident that caused the death of five colonist by british troops. A group of angry colonists attacked british soldiers and were brutally killed. -
Tea Act
The company the ran Indian for Great Britain as having money issues. They decided that to get out of financial trouble the British government should give them an exclusive monopoly on the sale of tea in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
A statement against the British government. the colonies dressed up as native americans and dumped pounds and pounds of tea into the boston harbor. -
Coercive/Intollerable acts
A series of laws passed by Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
First Continental Congress
Petitioned the British Government for the repeal of the coercive acts and coordinated colonial protest to them. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Around 700 british army regulars were given secret orders to take and destroy army supplies that were stored by the massachusetts militia. Patriot colonist had received word weeks before and relocated their supplies. the first shot was called the shot heard round the world. -
Second continental congress
Aconvention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the Revolutionary War had begun. -
Thomas Paine Writes common sense
Thomas Paine was a radical revolutionary and one of the founding fathers. he wrote a pamphlet that had very powerful contributions to promoting colonial independence. -
Declaration of Independence
July 4th a statement that announced that the 13 colonies that were at war with Great Britain were now independent states and were no longer part of the British Empire. -
Declaritory Act
A declaration by Parliament that repealed the Stamp Act. It stated that the Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Acts
Passed by Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. They were designed to collect money from the colonists by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paper, and tea. 1768 -
American Revolution Ends
Great Britain loses war to the colonies and the colonies write the articles of confederation as their first constitution. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.