Revolutionary War

Colonies must sell raw materials to the mother country; Colonies must buy finished products from the mother country; Mother country accumulates wealth.

• Mercantilism

• Navigation Acts

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangle Trade

Laws passed by Parliament to ensure that England benefited from colonial trade.

• Mercantilism

• Navigation Acts

• Columbian Exchange

• Townshend Acts

A war fought between France and England, and allied Indians, from 1754 to 1763; resulted in France's expulsion from the New World.

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• French and Indian War

• Lexington and COncord

Conflicts over this region led to the French and Indian War

• Jamestown

• St. Lawrence River

• Ohio River Valley

• Atlantic Coast

Led to death of hundreds of American Colonists, the fall of numerous British forts (Ohio River Valley), and the stationing of additional troops in America.

• Boston Massacre

• Pontiac's Rebellion

• Shay's Rebellion

• Stamp Act

Forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and required settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.

• Stamp Act

• French and Indian War

• Treaty of Paris

• Proclamation of 1763

A source of tension between Parliament and the colonists that led to the Revolutionary War.

• French and Indian War debt

• House of Burgesses

• Boston Tea Party

• War of 1812

Policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England

• Intolerable Acts

• Laissez Faire

• Salutary Neglect

• Treaty of Paris

The lawmaking branch of the British government

• Congress

• Parliament

• King

• President

Reflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament

• No Taxation Without Representation!

• Give me Liberty of give me death!

• Olive Branch Petition

• Boston Massacre