Laws passed to bring in more money to the British Treasury than going out...
What is the theory of Mercantilism?
100
Forbid the Colonist to move west of the Appalachians...
What was the Proclamation Act (1763)
100
Colonist ignored that Act/law in moved into the Ohio Valley anyway...
What was the Proclamation Act (1763)?
100
Colonist refused to purchase imported British products
What is to Boycott?
100
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin & John Adams
Who were the Authors of the Declaration of Independence?
200
1660
What is the year that the Navigation Acts passed?
200
This law was issued to give the British East India Co. total control over trade of this product?
What is the Tea Act (1773)
200
An invitation was issued by James Otis & the Mass Bay legislature to other colonies to come together in NYC to discuss the taxes on legal documents & newpapers...
What was the Stamp Act Congress?
200
Information designed to influence one's thinking about a product or action...
What is propaganda?
200
Life, Liberty & Property (in the Colonies it was Happiness)
What are natural rights (according to John Locke)
300
The Colonial Merchants had to stop in London to pay these...
What are taxes?
300
Boston port closed til tea was paid for, town meetings required permission from the Royal governor, and accused British officials were sent to England for trial...
What was the Intolerable Acts? (1774)
300
The Sons of Liberty organized a protest & dumped storage chest into the Harbor...
What was the Boston Tea Party (1773)?
300
Legislature/Congress
What is a body of men gathered to make Laws for the colonies?
300
What section of the document is this statement from....."He has kept among us in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislatures....
What was the complaints against King George the III?
400
These were the raw materials that had to be sold in England only....
What was lumber, ships & cotton?
400
Taxes on legal documents, newspapers, diplomas, wills, advertisements & playing cards...
What was the Stamp Act (1765)
400
In September & October of 1774, the colonies were advised to form militias & minutemen companies to prepare for battle
Who was the First Continental Congress?
400
When people vote for leaders to set & make laws for them...
What is representative government?
400
The Peace Treaty of 1763 & the Peace Treaty of 1783
What was the year that the F & I War ended & what was the official end of the American Revolution?
500
"Molasses, to rum to Slaves...
What was the Triangle Trade?
500
Taxes were put on the products that the Colonist wanted to purchase, such as, glass, paper, tea, lead, & paint....
What was Towshend Acts (1767)?
500
This pamphlet persuaded the American Colonist to support independence from Great Britain
What was Common Sense?
500
Search warrants given to the British military to search any building they wanted...
What is Writs of Assistance?
500
1776 & 1781
What was the year that the Declaration of Independence was written & what was the year that the American Revolution ended?