The Road to Independence
The ideas of liberalism and democracy
are the basis of the U.S. political
system. As the colonists built
their new society, they believed more strongly
in these ideas. Britain’s 13 colonies grew in
population and economic strength during
the 1700s.
- After Britain won a costly war with France in the 1750s, the colonists were asked to help pay for the war, and for Britain’s large empire.
- The Royal Proclamation of 1763 restricted the colonists from settling new land.
- The Currency Act of 1764 made it illegal to print paper money in the colonies.
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