Trade
The triangular trade allowed the colonists what?
To get around the Navigation Act to make money
Why were Puritan town meetings significant?
They encouraged the growth of democratic ideas.
What law was passed that had a tax (duty) on newspapers, playing cards, legal documents, and even dice?
Stamp Act
Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States was born on what date?
July 4, 1776
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that CANNOT be taken away.
What was traded on the Middle Passage of the Transatlantic Trade Route?
Slaves
What was an economic theory that a nation becomes strong by strictly CONTROLLING TRADE?
Mercantilism
Law passed by Parliament that taxed goods like GLASS, PAINT, PAPER, LEAD, and TEA/
Townshend Act
Declaration of Independence states that governmental powers come from "CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED". What does that mean?
Government received its authority FROM THE PEOPLE.
The favorite method of protest used by the colonists again British policy was wha?
Boycotts
Why did slavery increase in the Americas?
The vast amount of fertile land to produce cash crops
The demand for which two crops were responsible for the expansion of slavery?
Rice and tobacco
What were trade laws passed by the English government that put mercantilism into practice?
Navigation Acts
In 1776, which event happened AFTER Thomas Paine published "Common Sense"?
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" was the response of many colonies to what?
British policies AFTER 1763
What year would a newspaper have published "THE ENGLISH SETTLERS ESTABLISH COLONY AT JAMESTOWN"?
1607
Law that favored a British company and Americans believed it VIOLATED their right to CONDUCT FREE ENTERPRISE
Tea Act
In the 1770s, American colonists objected to British policies. Why did they object?
They didn't feel they were being given the same rights as citizens who lived in Great Britain.
What would best explain why there was 0 tobacco exported to England during the years of 1776-1783?
American was involved in a war with Britain
The FOUR LAWS passed by Parliament to PUNISH MASSACHUSETTS and control other colonies
Intolerable Act