Causes
This event, in 1770, left 5 Bostonians dead in the street
What is the Boston Massacre
This amendment gives freedom of speech and religion
What is the 1st?
This act made colonists pay more for paper
What is the Stamp Act?
The only people who could vote in the first American elections
Who were white men with property?
This phrase meant that Americans did not want to be taxed without a representative in Parliament
What is "taxation without representation"?
This amendment gives the right to a fair trial
What is the 5th?
This act led to the Boston Tea Party
What is the Tea Act?
This institution (system) still existed until the Civil War ended in 1865
What is slavery?
This economic system restricted the 13 Colonies from trading with anyone but the British
What is Mercantilism?
This amendment gives Americans the right to bear arms
What is the 2nd?
This act meant British soldiers could use uninhabited colonial homes
What is the Quartering Act?
Americans would take the lands of these people as they expanded westward
These acts were known as the 'Coercive Acts' in Great Britain
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This amendment protects Americans from excessive punishment
This act prevented colonists from crossing the Appalachian mountains into 'Indian Territory'
What is the Royal Proclamation?
This would be restricted to only Northwestern Europeans.
What is immigration?
This is where the first shots were fired in the war
What is Lexington?
This amendment prevents the military from using private homes
What is the 3rd?
This act restricted town halls in Massachusetts
What is the Massachusetts Government Act?
Americans would conquer overseas territories as an example of this.
What is American Imperialism?