founding fathers
democracy
mercantilism
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.
salutary neglect
An American history term that refers to an unofficial and long-term 17th & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep not American colonies obedient to England.
boycott
withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
taxation without representation
a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the British colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution
independence
free from outside control; not depending on another's authority.
American revolution
a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America.
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articles of confederation
the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.