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Roots of the new American nation

Roots of the new American nation. Sydney Fazio and Sarah Hofmann. Abuse By Britain. England tried to regulate trade but most colonists ignored it, so the British parliament stepped in Britain used mercantilism to justify the economic regulations of colonies

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Roots of the new American nation

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  1. Roots of the new American nation Sydney Fazio and Sarah Hofmann

  2. Abuse By Britain • England tried to regulate trade but most colonists ignored it, so the British parliament stepped in • Britain used mercantilism to justify the economic regulations of colonies • The Stamp, Sugar, and Quartering Act took effect • Colonists formed protest groups against them

  3. Stamp Act Congress • A meeting of representatives of nine of the 13 colonies held in New York City in 1765, during which representatives drafted a document to send to the king listing how their rights had been violated • In response, the Stamp Act was repealed but they enforced the Townshend Acts instead

  4. Committees of Correspondence • Organizations in each of the American colonies created to keep colonists abreast of new developments with the British; they served as powerful molders of public opinion against the British

  5. The First Continental Congress • A meeting held in Philidelphia from September 5-October 26, 1774, in which 56 delegates from every colony (except Georgia) adopted a resolution in opposition to the Intolerable Acts.

  6. The Second Continental Congress • A meeting in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, at which it was decided that an army should be raised and George Washington of Virginia was named the Commander in Chief.

  7. The Declaration of Independence • A document drafted by Tomas Jefferson in 1776 that proclaimed the right of the American Colonies to separate from Britain. • Declaration was based on ideas of John Locke’s Social Contract Theory • The Revolutionary War raged after the King received the Declaration.

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