Before the Revolution
This war left Britain with debt and more territory.
What is French and Indian War?
This is the year the Boston Massacre Occured.
What is 1770?
This 1773 law gave the East India Company advantages in selling tea.
What is Tea Act?
Date of Lexington and Concord.
What is 1775?
Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This 1763 policy restricted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation?
Blank colonist died. (How many?)
This protest destroyed 342 chests of Tea in Boston Harbor.
What is Boston Tea Party?
This town is where British troops marched to search for colonial military supplies.
What is Concord?
The date of adoption for Declaration of Independence.
What is July 4, 1776?
This 1765 law taxed many printed materials and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
This group into the crowd during the Boston Massacre.
What is the British?
These were the punitive laws parliament passed in 1774.
What is Intolerable Acts?
This was the name of the militia men.
What is Minutemen?
Name the three natural rights identified in the Declaration.
What is Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness?
This is what the colonist meant by "No taxation without representation."
They refused the taxes with no representatives inside the parliament.
This is the definition of propaganda and Why Paul Revere's image used it.
Information designed to influence opinion; the image portrayed British soldiers as threatening and colonists as largely defenseless.
These are reasons the colonists opposed the Tea Act.
The existing tea tax remained, raising concerns about Parliament’s authority and taxation without representation.
This was the commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
Define "Consent of the Governed."
Legitimate government authority comes from the people it governs.
Explain how Britain's victory in the French and Indian War helped create Colonial resistance.
War debt and new territory led Britain to raise taxes and tighten control; many colonists resisted taxes and policies, especially without elected representation.
Historians examine more than one perspective on the Boston Massacre, Why?
Accounts and images can emphasize different evidence; comparing perspectives helps distinguish claims and bias from supported conclusions.
Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party.
Punishing Massachusetts, including closing Boston Harbor and restricting self-government, alarmed colonists and encouraged wider cooperation and resistance.
Reasons that Lexington and Concord were a turning point.
They marked the shift from political resistance to armed conflict between British soldiers and colonial forces.
Explain the Pros of organizing a Continental Army and the local terrain.
A unified army coordinated a longer war; knowledge of terrain, mobility, and surprise could offset some British advantages. Colonists also fought conventional battles.