Road to Revolution
This British economic policy restricted the colonies from trading with most foreign countries.
What is mercantilism?
He wrote Common Sense to persuade colonists to support independence.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This American victory convinced France to become an ally of the United States.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are described by this term.
What are unalienable rights?
This document created the first national government of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Colonists used this organized economic response after Parliament passed the Stamp Act.
What are boycotts of British goods?
The Continental Congress appointed this Virginian commander in chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
General Cornwallis surrendered after this decisive 1781 battle.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and defined the colonists' unalienable rights.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Under the Articles, the national government consisted mainly of this one lawmaking body.
What is Congress, or a unicameral legislature?
Colonists opposed this 1763 measure because it limited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This Founding Father showed his commitment to liberty by signing the Declaration of Independence in a famously large hand.
Who is John Hancock?
This 1783 agreement ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Unalienable rights belong to people for this basic reason.
What is being human, or being born with natural rights?
This missing power prevented Congress from raising revenue directly from citizens.
What is the power to tax?
After Britain closed Boston Harbor and passed other punitive laws, this congress sent grievances to King George III.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Known as the Father of the American Navy, he won naval victories against Britain during the Revolution.
Who is John Paul Jones?
Washington wrote Congress in December 1777 about starving and poorly supplied troops at this winter camp.
What is Valley Forge?
The Declaration listed the forced housing of British soldiers as this type of complaint against the king.
What is a grievance?
This Massachusetts uprising exposed the weakness of the national government and encouraged restructuring it.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The Sons of Liberty argued that taxes required consent. Their protest targeted British policies imposed after this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
His ideas about natural rights influenced the Declaration's claims about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Who is John Locke?
Although the British won this early battle, heavy British casualties showed that colonial forces could fight effectively.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The Declaration's phrase 'For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent' reflects this colonial principle.
What is no taxation without representation?
Federalists argued that the government under the Articles lacked enough power to do this.
What is perform essential national functions?