Before 1763
The economic system operated by Great Britain before 1763
What was mercantilism?
This law revised an old Navigation Law called the Molasses Act
What is the Sugar Act?
What were the Coercive or Intolerable Acts?
This influential pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, helped convince Americans to support independence
What was Common Sense?
Before 1763, Great Britain's biggest rival in North America
What was France?
The laws passed by Parliament between 1651 and 1750 to implement their mercantile system
What were the Navigation Acts?
This act of Parliament taxed newspapers and legal documents
What is the Stamp Act?
Searching for gunpowder and Sam Adams and John Hancock, British soldiers instead caused
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The most important factor enabling the Americans to win the War for Independence
What was the alliance with France
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 gave Great Britain all of North America east of
What was the Mississippi River?
Under British mercantilism, colonies were expected to produce _ and consume _ .
What were raw materials and manufactured goods?
No taxation without representation did not mean...
What is "the colonies wanted representation in Parliament"?
This event killed five Colonial Americans after the Townshend Acts were passed
What was the Boston Massacre of 1770?
Victory in this battle helped persuade France to recognize the U.S. and sign a treaty of alliance
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 promised this group of people compensation for lost property
Who were Loyalists?
Which Navigation Act helped the shipbuilding business in the New England colonies
What was the Navigation Act of 1651 or the act that required English goods be carried in English ships?
This act of Parliament taxed goods shipped to the colonies from Britain
What were the Townshend Acts?
Under this law, British troops could be quartered in private homes
What was the Second Quartering Act or the Quartering Act of 1774?
This battle in Virginia in 1781 persuaded the British to seek peace and recognize U.S. independence
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 returned Florida to
Who was Spain?
According to mercantilism, if one country increased it's wealth...
What is another country lost wealth AKA a "zero sum game"?
This act of Parliament attempted to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy
What was the Tea Act of 1773?
Under this law, part of the Coercive or Intolerable Acts, Massachusetts got a military governor and martial law
What was the Massachusetts Government Act?
These event boosted American morale in December of 1776 and revealed General Washington's ability to see opportunity and disregard standard rules of warfare
What was re-crossing the Delaware River or the Battles of Trenton and Princeton?
In addition to Independence, the Treaty of Paris of 1783 granted the United States all territory west to the
What was the Mississippi River?