Articles of Confederation

Declaration of Independence

Bill of Rights

United States Constitution

by representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies

by increasing conflict between the colonists and neighboring Indian tribes.

by revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent

by raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament

The Indians believed the colonists would return seized lands to them

The British were able to defeat the French in North America, Asia, and at sea

The high cost of the war meant Parliament had to create new taxes in the American colonies

The French were never truly expelled and played a large role in stirring-up colonial discontent

supporting the "Coercive Acts"

boycotting British-made goods

remaining a part of Great Britain

becoming a member of the "red coats"

July 4, 1776

December 25, 1776

September 17, 1787

September 25, 1792