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time-16th-18th century

Location- Early modern Venice, Genoa, and Pisa.

A system of trade that expanded from the 16th-18th century. Caused creation of monopolistic trading companies

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Time- March 22nd, 1775

Location- Britain

For the colonists this policy expanded freedom for trading and self-government, and resulted in colonial growth and prosperity.

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Time- 1754-1768

Location- New York, Pennsylvania, Canada, and Nova Scotia

The war was caused by competing British and French Interest against each other. The war provided Britain with enormous territorial gains in North America.

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Time- 1761

Location- Old state house in Boston

The writs of assistance were court orders that enabled British soldiers to carry out searches of colonial homes. The writ usually served as an eviction from real property.

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Time-May 15, 1765

Location- Boston

Allowed royal governors to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. This further enraged the colonists by having foreign soldiers boarded in American cities to take away their homes.

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Time- 1768

Location- New York

The British government imposed taxes on American colonists without giving them any say. The colonists got angry and soon began to protests which led to the American Revolution.

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Time-March 5, 1770

Location- Boston Massachusetts

Tensions between the British soldiers and American colonies were high because the soldiers kept enforcing unpopular British laws and taxes. An argument escalated with the groups and lead to violence. This event became a rallying point leading up to the American Revolution.

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Time- December 16th, 1773

Location-Boston Harbor

The British government has passed the Tea Act which allowed the British East India Compan to sell tea directly to the colonies. The colonists became angry because they still had no representation in the British government. So the colonists boarded British ships and dumped 343 chests of tea into the harbor causing the government to get mad leading to harsh punishments aka the Intolerable Acts.

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Time-January 10th, 1776

Location-Pennsylvania

The common sense was wrote to convince American colonists that they should break away from British rule. The pamphlet argued that it was only logical for them to seek for their own independence. The pamphlet had a huge impact and inspired many colonists, which leaded to the declaration of independence later in the year.

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Time- July 4th, 1776

Location- Pennsylvania

American colonists were tired with British rule. They came to the sense that they need to declare their own independence. The declaration stated they needed to break free and then after they declared their independence they were free of British rule and united to make what we know now the United States.