Cause Am Econ
Type of economic system in which colonies served the mother country
Mercantilism
The French and Indian War was a battle over territory in North America primarily between these two countries
Britain and France
this period of reasoned thinking had many questioning divine right monarchy and demanding natural rights
Enlightenment
This institution began to slowly disappear in northern states after the American Revolution
slavery
He started French and Indian War and led the colonial army
George Washington
In Mercantilism, this was seen as the measure of wealth
gold or gold and silver
The war was caused directly by disputes in this area
Ohio Valley
This Thomas Paine work brought enlightenment arguments to the colonists in common vernacular
Common Sense
Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John to "Remember the ___________" advocating for increased political rights after the revolution
ladies/women
This was the first direct tax on the colonies and led to many boycotts and riots
In Mercantilism, tariffs are used to stop other countries from hurting domestic industry. That is why it is sometimes called
protectionism
1763
Colonists resented these people because they were arrogant and refused to let colonial militias be led by colonists, or fight in the guerilla style of the native americans
British officers
An increase in respect and importance for women as having the responsibility for raising patriotic children and future citizens
Republican motherhood
Closure of Boston Harbor
Quartering Act
Trials in Britain
Shut down of colonial legislatures
Intolerable Acts
These laws were examples of Mercantilist laws in the 1600s
Navigation Acts
After Pontiac's Rebellion, this was issued by Britian and angered colonists wanting to move west.
Proclamation Line of 1763
While the colonists such as Patrick Henry and John Dickinson argued no taxation without representation, the British had this counter argument on the situation
Virtual Representation
Many of these supporters of the British cause left or were forced to leave the colonies during or after the war
Tories/Loyalists
Turning point battle in the American Revolution, it led to foreign aid and alliance with France
Saratoga
This was a period when mercantilist laws were not enforced on British colonists
salutary neglect
This policy came to an end after the French and Indian War and led to conflict between the colonists and the British.
Salutary neglect
Some colonists feared tyranny and loss of their natural rights as Englishmen and argued in this document that men are born with certain unalienable rights
Declaration of Independence
Men of wealth continued to be overrepresented in governments when the colonies became
states
A last gasp effort to petition George III for better recognition of colonial rights. George III didn't even bother to read it.
Olive Branch Petition