Social Reform movement that influenced revolutionary ideals and encouraged individuals to challenge authority
Enlightenment
Sugar Act
2 colonial responses to the Stamp Act (1764)
Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
This man led an expedition into the Ohio Valley to reassert British claims over the region and build Ft Necessity
Who is George Washington?
European philosopher who advocated for the rights of man and the consent of governed.
John Locke
Series of Acts that targeted household goods such as lead, paper and paint
Last attempt by the colonists to restore the relationship with Britain before declaring Independence
become educated so they could raise republican children
Republican motherhood
The currency act .
Appointed Governor of Massachusetts in the wake of the Boton Tea party who established martial law in Boston
Thomas Gage
He represented the Redcoats in the Boston Massacre Trials
Who is John Adams?
The British established this legal system to enforce tax policies in the colonies
Vice Admiralty Courts
What was the colonial response to the Intolerable Acts
1st Continental Congress
Skirmishes at these two towns are often thought of as the beginning of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
Name 2 women of the Republican Motherhood
Molly Pitcher
Abigail Adams
Deborah Sampson
What were the parts of the Intolerable Acts that were passed on the colonists in wake of the Boston Tea Party
1. Mass Bay Charter Revoked
2. Quebec Act-Toleration to French Catholics
3. Quartering Act
4. Closure of Boston Harbor
What was decided at the First Continental Congress
Articles of Agreement were sent to King George III
Advise colonial militias to prepare
Agreed to meet the following spring