Colonial & British Conflict
This war between Britain and France in North America began in 1754 and helped spark tensions leading to the American Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
This 1765 tax required an official stamp on printed materials such as newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
This document formally declared the American colonies independent from Great Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
After the French and Indian War, Britain issued this proclamation in 1763 to limit colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists used this phrase to protest British taxes imposed without colonial representation in Parliament.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
This first plan of government created a loose confederation with a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This British policy required colonists to house and supply British soldiers, increasing resentment toward Parliament.
What is the Quartering Act?
This event in 1770 resulted in the death of five colonists and was used as propaganda against Britain.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This 1786 rebellion, led by Massachusetts farmers, exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
Answer: What is Shays’ Rebellion?
Britain passed these laws to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts?
This group of colonists secretly organized resistance and enforced boycotts of British goods.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This 1787 agreement resolved disputes between large and small states by creating a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This early American cartoon by Benjamin Franklin encouraged colonial unity during the French and Indian War.
What is Join, or Die?
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued strongly for complete independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
These essays were written to persuade states to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?