the English had not interfered much with colonial
life; colonies had their own governors and
legislatures set up, and were fairly independent
The Navigation Acts
The Proclamation Line of 1763
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Tea Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Second Continental Congress
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The American Revolution
France and Spain were happy to
help, since it would weaken
England
Britain joined officially
in 1776, sending 32,000
troops to NY
Battle of Saratoga - British
surrender, France officially
backs America
British take
Savannah, GA,
Charlestown, SC, and
most of SC territory
Battle of
Camden -
Americans lost
Battles of Kings
Mountain and
Cowpens -
Americans won
Battle of
Guilford
Courthouse
- tie
Cornwallis retreats to Yorktown for
evacuation - French fleet and GW army
trap them and force a surrender in
October of 1781
written earlier, but ratified in
1781, increasing Congress' power
had to ask for permission from the states to tax
them, had no courts or executive branch, but a
council of 13 to enforce laws, and 9 out of 13
states had to agree to pass a major law
written July 4, 1776
Preamble - basic human rights
27 grievances against England
declaration of war and separation
met in 1775 and raised another
militia with George Washington
as the Commander
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was written -
sounded like a sermon and easy for everyone to
understand - "nothing but independence"
meant to punish Boston for the Tea Party
closed their ports, disbanded the
Massachusetts legislature, and forced
citizens to quarter troops
First Continental Congress met
in Philadelphia, 1774 - 55
delegates sans Georgia
decided to boycott,
withhold taxes, and raise
a militia
British soldiers were sent
to enforce law, met
colonial militia at Battles
of Lexington and
Concord
England gave the East India Tea Company
permission to sell directly to the colonies
while still taxing tea
this led to the Boston Tea Party of 1773,
which made Parliament furious
taxed glass, lead, paper, and paint products
there was another boycott, and
the Boston Massacre (1770) fueled the
fire
the boycott eventually worked, but
England kept the tax on tea to
make a point
taxes all paper goods, which hit the
lawyers and the newspapers hardest
the colonies boycotted and petitioned for "no
taxation without representation"
the boycott worked, and
the Stamp Act was
repealed
Indians were uprising again just
after the French and Indian War
Parliament ordered
colonists to remain East of
the Appalachian Mountains
the colonies had traded with the
French during the French and
Indian War
the Acts were made in the 1660s, but
not enforced until 1763 as a result of
their betrayal