Causes
This nine-year conflict left Great Britain with a huge debt.
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
The French and Indian War
British troops were marching here to arrest suspected Patriots.
Lexington and Concord
Enlightenment ideas
These were liberties given to Englishmen in the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and the British Government.
Right to a trial, freedom of the press, the right to not pay taxes unless it was to your elected representatives.
It required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops still remaining after the F/I War.
Quartering Act (1765)
This was an armed conflict in 1770 that resulted from increased tensions in Boston.
The Boston Massacre
Second Continental Congress
The D.O.I states that it is the right of the people to do this.
Abolish government when it fails to protect their rights.
In the British Government, executive power belonged to this office.
Monarch (king)
The main reason the colonists protested the Stamp Act (1765)
They believed they had no representation in Parliament.
These acts caused the Boston Tea Party
Townshend Acts
A huge turning point of the war in 1778.
France joins as American allies
The D.O.I. states these ideas/concepts explicitly.
Limited Government, Democracy
Not formally written, this was based on a collection of laws and traditions that had accumulated over time.
British Constitution
This was a meeting to which nine colonies sent delegates to coordinate protest efforts.
These acts were meant to punish the colonists for the BTP.
Coercive (intolerable) Acts (1774)
Occurred over a span of 3 years and was the final conflict of the war.
Siege of Yorktown (1781-1783)
These were the Enlightenment philosophies (thoughts) that were explained in the D.O.I
All men were created equal, had natural rights
These were the only people that the colonists believed could tax them
Their elected officials and assemblies
This was the British Crown's response to the increasingly violent protests in Boston.
Sent 4,000 troops to Boston.
Delegates at this meeting proposed a Boycott of all British imported goods
First Continental Congress (1774)
Officially recognized American Independence
Treaty of Paris (1783)
This was how the D.O.I impacted the Revolutionary War
A government in which the people have a say by electing representatives (consenting) to carry out the functions of government.
Democracy