the process of developing or being developed.

religious revival in the British American colonies mainly between about 1720 and the 1740s.

policy of the British government from the early to mid-18th century regarding its North American colonies under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British government

the state of being diverse; variety.

the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance.

the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.

the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.

involved the transportation by slave traders of various enslaved African peoples, mainly to the Americas. The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, and existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries

47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.

a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.

an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791.

the fact or state of being independent.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776

the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government

an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797

a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution

an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.