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| England ignores Colonies (become self-sufficient & self-governing) |
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England (w/ colonies) vs. France (w/ Indians)
England wins control over France’s territory in New World
Treaty of Paris 1763 ended it
British debts led to heavy taxes on colonies |
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| began unifying colonies; Ben Franklin-Join, or Die (also used in Rev. War) |
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colonists may
not expand past Appalachian Mtns. |
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British officers
can enter and search property
(led to 4th Am.) |
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| propaganda, first deaths of revolution |
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| monopoly for English tea company – Boston Tea Party |
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| closed Boston Harbor; included Quartering Act- must house soldiers (led to 3rd Am) |
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| protest Intolerable Acts – form Committees of Correspondence |
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| Lexington/Concord (“Shot Heard Round the World”); French aid; Yorktown (end); Treaty of Paris 1783 |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| began Art. of Confederation; organize for war; send Olive Branch Petition (peace) to King |
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| poor farmers wanted $ to fight N.A.’s in Va. – gov’t did not help them |
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| divided land into blocks to sell & settle orderly |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| plan to make land into states |
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| farmers in Mass. Protests taxes: demonstrates a need for a stronger central gov’t |
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