French and Indian War
British Lieutenant Colonel who encountered the French about disputed land in the Ohio River Valley which led to the outbreak of the war.
George Washington
The common complaint when it came to the stamp act, tea act, Townsend act and many other new laws from the British
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
IN THE DOI, THOMAS JEFFERSON SUGGESTED ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL AND THROUGH THAT EQUALITY ARE PROMISED THESE NATURAL RIGHTS
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
WINNING THIS BATTLE CONVINCED THE FRENCH TO JOIN THE WAR.
SARATOGA
REVOLTUIONARY IDEALS REVERBERATED TO OTHER PARTS OF SOCIETY AND HELPED JUMPSTART A MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH THIS
SLAVERY
Here is where colonial delegates met to discuss frontier defense, trade and westward expansion
Albany Convention/Congress
GROUPS OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT LED BOYCOTTS, AND ORGANIZED PROTEST TO SIGNIFY REBELLION AGAINST BRITISH POLICIES
SONS/DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
This movement included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
ENLIGHTENMENT
YORKTOWN
WOMEN WANTED TO LIVE AND PASS ON THE AMERICAN IDEALS AND SO THEY EMBODIED THIS, WHICH HELPED EDUCATE YOUNG AMERICAN CHILDREN TO BE CIVIC MINDED
REPUBLICAN MOTHERHOOD
The political cartoon message created by Ben Franklin to try and convince the other British colonies to join the conflict against the French
Join, or Die
16% OF THE COLONIST WERE NOT PATRIOTIC TO THE COLONISTS CAUSES. INSTEAD THEY WANTED TO STAY UNDER BRITISH CONTROL AND THUS WERE CALLED THIS
LOYALIST
THIS BRITISH PHILOSOPHER, WHOS WORK HELPED INSPIRE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE FORMED WHEN MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO GIVE UP FREEDOM FOR PROTECTION
JOHN LOCKE
VALLEY FORGE
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, WITH THE HELP FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON, WROTE AND PRESENTED THIS WHICH PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN JUMPSTARTING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN
Although the result of the war gave Great Britain access to the land west of the Appalachian mountain, this became the line the British government did not want the colonist do go west of in fear of conflict with the Indians
Proclamation Line 1763
BOSTON MASACRE
This pamphlet was influential in convincing many Americans that the colonies should declare their independence from Britain
COMMON SENSE
DESPITE THE OVERWHELMING ADVATAGES THE BRITISH HAD INCLUDING TROOP NUMBERS, TROOP QUALITY AND FINANCES, THIS IS ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THE COLONISTS HAD
HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE, GUERILLA WARFARE, CAUSE
STARTING WITH THE ESTATES GENERAL, THIS WENT FROM 1789-1799 AND ENDED WITH NAPOLEON BONAPARTE RISING TO POWER
FRENCH REVOLUTION
The river in Canada that the British obtained control of to cut off access to resources for the French.
St. Lawrence
This economic response on the part of the colonies led to the repeal of the Townshend Acts AND STAMP ACT
BOYCOTT, NONIMPORTATION AGREEMENT
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
THIS WAS THE WESTERN BORDER FOR THE NEW UNITED STATES AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
LOCATED IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, THIS EVENT, PARTIALLY A SLAVE REVOLT, WAS INSPIRED BY THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ENDED FRENCH RULE.
HAITIAN REVOLTUION