ROW 1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He issued this after the French and Indian War, that angered colonists.
KING GEORGE III. The Proclamation of 1763
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
The name of the "contract" the pilgrims created (1st form of Self Government
Mayflower Compact
The 3 regions of the 13 English colonies
New England, Middle, and Southern
The first commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
This colony in the southern region was a safe haven for Catholic people.
Maryland
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
British leader during the Battle of Yorktown forced to sign TREATY OF PARIS (100 extra points if you can explain what treaty means)
Lord Cornwallis (treaty is an agreement after a war for land)
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
Who had more advantages during the American Revolution, Why?
British (money, troops, experience)
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Who wrote the newspaper Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The Declaration of Independence is an example of...
Social Contract (agreement between people on a set of LAWS)
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
True or False:
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars. Explain the reason behind needing money??????
true because of the debt during the French and Indian War
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
When was the DOI approved, and who wrote the DOI
July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson
A colonist that did not takes sides during the American Revolution.
Neutralist
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott.
What were the names of people AGAINST THE KING
Patriots
1. Colonists cannot trade with anyone other than GB. 2. KING buys raw materials (cotton for low price) and sells finished goods (shirts for high price back to the colonists)
What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the DOI
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness (and sometimes property)
The French and Indian War was fought between the _______________ in ________________
The French and British in North America
What were the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies.
Lexington and Concord
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
As a PROTEST to the TEA ACT what did the colonists do in Boston HARBOR? HOW DID THE KING REACT?
Electing delegates to assemblies was an example of which right of Englishmen enjoyed by the British colonists?
the right to self government
WAS THE TURNING POINT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
WHAT IDEA DOES THE HOUSE OF BURGESS REPRESENT, MAYFLOWER COMPACT, FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT REPRESENT?
SELF/REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT (BECAUSE OF THE SALUTARY NEGLECT (IGNORANCE FROM KING GEORGE) FROM THE KING