What war caused taxes to increase in the colonies after 1763?
The French and Indian War
100
What are 3 rights that the Declaration of Independence guarantees all people?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
100
“Boston harbor is a teapot tonight! The Mohawks are come!”
Boston Tea Party
200
Why were the Navigation Acts passed?
So that Britain could tighten control over trade in the colonies.
200
Why did the British put the Proclamation line of 1763 into effect?
To prevent a conflict with the Native Americans
200
What is the significance Lexington and Concord Battles?
It started the American Revolution.
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“The war is inevitable- and let it come! I repeat sir, let it come…”
The war with the British (American Revolution)
300
Town meetings encouraged what kind of ideas to grow?
Democratic
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Why did many colonists boycott British goods?
TAXES
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What was the purpose of Franklin's Albany Plan of Union?
For the colonies to "Join or Die"
300
“We must indeed all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”
Patriots (Colonists)
400
List three (3) reasons people came from England to settle the colonies?
Religious Freedom, Political Freedom, and Trade
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What act in particular caused this boycott?
The Stamp Act
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What was the main impact of "Common Sense" in the colonies?
It persuaded many colonists that it was time to declare Independence.
400
“…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…”
The Declaration of Indepedence
500
What does mercantilism mean?
That the colonies only exist for the benefit of the "Mother Country"
500
What are two events that convinced American colonists to support the independence movement?
Stamp Act and Boston Tea Party
500
What are 3 main ideas of the Declaration of Independence?
Natural Rights, British Wrongs, and Independence?
500
“That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men… whenever any government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it…”