Taxation
The Stamp Act
What is a tax on paper goods against the Colonist
The Intolerable Acts
What is a series of restrictions placed on the colonists by the British through force of the military
This is one example of the "writs of assistance"
What is the allowance of housing soldiers in the homes of colonists/ search and seizure
The Boston Tea Party
What is the event of dumping British owned tea by the colonists to protest the Tea Act
The meaning of "no single event started the Revolution"
What is the idea that it was an ongoing process of problems and abuses that created the Revolution.
The Sugar Tax
What is the British taxation on molasses and sugar for the Colonists
The prohibition of printing of money in the colonies
The Currency Act
The Proclamation of 1763
What is the prohibition of colonists settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains by order of the King of England
The murder of 5 colonists during a protest by armed British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre
The monarchies of Europe displayed absolute control over the people through belief in the divine rights of kings.
What is the idea that rulers are specifically appointed by God therefore to argue with a king or queen is to argue or disagree with God himself.
"No taxation without representation"
What is the phrase describing the British government illegally taxing the Colonists
The closing of Boston Harbor and housing soldiers by colonists
The Intolerable Acts
The meeting of colonial leaders in Pennsylvania to address King George III
What is the First Continental Congress
The events that led up to the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.
What is the use of weapons by militia that led to a stand off between 77 militia men against 700 redcoats that escalated to 2,000 militia chasing the 700 redcoats between two cities
The meaning of "shot heard 'round the world"
What is the concept that the start of the American Revolution sparked revolutions in other countries and changed the path of history and government. It started the most successful revolution in history.
The method by which the Townshend Act was carried out.
What is the colonists were not directly taxed but the businesses were taxed upon import.
This led to the creation of the 3rd Constitutional amendment
The Quartering Act
First class citizens vs Second class citizens
What is the issue between the treatment of the colonists with the British government by taking away certain rights of the colonists that belonged to British citizens like the ability to decide on taxes, open trade, the right to self-govern
This organization of Patriots demonstrated their allegiance through several different active protests.
Who is the Sons of Liberty
Determine how to distinguish between a just and unjust law.
What is the violation of natural rights.
The British East India Company
What is a company holding a monopoly on tea for the colonists
The Townshend Act
What is the Act that limited the colonists to only buying certain goods like tea and glass from Britain
Economic problems following the French and Indian War that lead to problems in the colonies.
What is the motivation behind raising taxes and restrictions on the American colonists to pay the debt of the British government after funding the war for close tot 10 years.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
What is the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.
These ideas by these Enlightenment thinkers inspired our American founding fathers.
John Locke's idea of natural rights including the right to life, liberty, and property along with Montesquieu's idea of separation of powers inspired our founding fathers