The Big Picture
Boycotts, burning effigies and the Boston Tea Party were all protests of what?
Taxes
This book by Thomas Paine inspired many people to become Patriots
Common Sense
When five colonists were killed by British soldiers guarding the Custom House
Boston Massacre
Lexington & Concord
To refuse to buy a product in protest
Boycott
Why was Great Britain so in debt that they needed to create taxes?
Because of the French and Indian War
A military made of ordinary citizens
Militia
When the Sons of Liberty made the world's biggest cup of tea in protest of taxes
The final battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown
Information designed to influence opinion
Propaganda
Why did King George III pass the Intolerable Acts?
A cruel or oppressive government
Tyranny
Five delegates went to France to negotiate this document that ended the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris
George Washington's Christmas surprise attack
Battle of Trenton
The philosophical movement that inspired the Founding Fathers about natural rights
Enlightenment
What event convinced Spain and France to help the Americans in the Revolutionary War?
Victory at the Battle of Saratoga
Protest group that was behind the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Turning point battle in the war that inspired foreign allies to help Americans
Battle of Saratoga
What is Salutary Neglect?
A time period of Great Britain being "hands off" of the colonies
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The crime the Founding Fathers were committing when they signed the Declaration of Independence
Treason
When the Founding Fathers got together to write the Declaration of Independence and act as a new government for America
The first major battle of the Revolution and a huge loss for the Americans
Battle of Bunker Hill
What is social contract theory?
The idea that governments are supposed to protect our natural rights and if they no longer protect those rights, we can throw off that government and create a new one.