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| full American Independence, territory west of Appalachian ceded to America, loyalists to be compensated for seized property, fishing rights off of Newfoundland. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| States joined for foreign affairs, Congress reigned supreme(lacked executive and judicial), one vote per state, 2/3 vote for bills, unanimous for amendments; too much power to states, unable to regulate commerce or taxes. |
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| Northwest Ordinance Of 1787 |
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| Defined process for territories to become states(population reached 60,000), forbade slavery in the new territories. |
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| Settlers to pay the expenses of a servants voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; head-right system. |
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| Rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans. |
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| Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis. |
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| Similar to Navigate, raised money to pay colonial officials by American taxes, led to Boston boycott of English luxuries. |
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| Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports), attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs. |
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| Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops, not approved by colonists through their representatives. |
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| Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized colonial economy. |
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| Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways(strength of martyrdom), advocated nonimportation. |
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| British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter. |
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| Intended to save British East India Company From bankruptcy, could sell directly to consumers rather than through wholesalers (lowered prices to compete with struggled tea). |
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| Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians. |
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