Unity and Gov't.
According the the Declaration of Independence, governments are created to protect these.
"Natural rights"/"Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness"
Tax on paper goods, including important legal documents.
Stamp Act
Famous phrase used throughout the colonies to protest a lack of say on taxes and laws passed by Parliament.
"No taxation without representation!"
The sheer size of the colonies made it difficult for British forces to conquer the colonies.
Delegates at the Second Continental Congress drafted this document to explain to Britain why the colonies were declaring independence.
Declaration of Independence (1776)
List of complaints in the Declaration of Independence.
Grievances
What economic system required the colonies to send raw materials to Britain and buy British goods?
Mercantilism
The refusal to buy goods.
Boycott
On Christmas night, 1776, George Washington famously led the Continental Army across the Delaware River.
Leadership
Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence says that power comes from who?
The people
Britain started passing more taxes on the colonies in order to help with this issue after the French and Indian War.
War Debt
Violent event between British troops and angry colonists that resulted in the death of 5 Bostonians.
Boston Massacre
Because of the manufacturing industry in Britain, the Royal Army had almost unlimited access to any supplies an materials needed during the Revolutionary War.
Resources
This document was the first government outline of the new United States. It eventually failed because of the lack of authority it gave the federal government.
Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence says people can rebel if the government does what?
Violate natural rights
This was an tax on imported, daily goods. Colonists boycotted goods to avoid this tax.
Townshend Acts
Event in which members of the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act and monopoly.
Boston Tea Party
Without the French navy's fleet gaining control of the Chesapeake Bay from the British, victory by the American and French armies at Yorktown would have been impossible.
Allies
This document was created to replace the Articles of Confederation. This one is still used today as the framework of our government.
Constitution
Which meeting in 1774 brought colonial leaders together to coordinate a response to the Intolerable Acts?
Hint - there was a first and second one...
Continental Congress
Britain passed this act to restrict colonial trade to British ships/markets.
Navigation Acts
The group that led direct actions such as violence against tax collectors and the Boston Tea Party.
Sons of Liberty
Perhaps the single most important reason for patriot victory was the breadth of popular support for the Revolution.
Motivation
Signed in 1783, this document officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent country.
Treaty of Paris