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Mercantilism is basically the establishing of colonies to acquire resources from an area to earn profit and maintain a balance of trade.
1754
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A proposal created by Benjamin Franklin to unite a government for the thirteen colonies at the Albany Congress. It was one of the early attempts to unite the colonies under one government.
1754 - 1763
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A seven year war between England and France in the colonies of America. This included many of the native american tribes that inhabited the areas.
1763
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The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Britain's colonies and to stabilize relations with Native Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases.
1765
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The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. This included colonist's homes, local inns and other places.
1766
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It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. It accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.
1767
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Acts that were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
1770
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An incident in which British soldiers shot at civilians killing 5 men and injuring 6 others. The soldiers shot without order when in an argument with a group of civilians.
1773
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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled the tea imports to the colony.
1773
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The act did not raise revenue from the colonies but bailed out the floundering East India Company, a key factor in the British economy. It was one of the final acts leading to the revolutionary war.
1774
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A convention of delegates from 12 colonies, excluding Georgia, meeting to discuss and respond to the recent passage of the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament.
1774
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Acts that were put onto the colonists as punishment for the dumping of tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. This included the Boston Port Bill, The Quebec Act and others.
1775
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A convention of delegates from 12 colonies, excluding Georgia, meeting to discuss the war effort from the colonies and working towards freedom from Great Britain.
1775
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The first military engagements of the Revolutionary War happening in the towns of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts near Boston.
1775
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This petition was an attempt by the Continental Congress to avoid an all-out war and other possible serious conflicts between the colonies and Great Britain.
1776
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The official declaring of independence of the colonies from Great Britain. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and supported by the Continental Congress.
1776
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A pamphlet published anonymously discussing and arguing for freedom from Britain. The greatest selling book in American history adjusting for population changes.
1781
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A document made by the Continental Congress attempting to establish a form of government for the 13 states. It later failed but served as a basis to the Constitution.
1783
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A treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States of America. It began talk in 1782 and was formally signed in 1783.