Vocabulary and People
Who was commander in chief (or general) of the American Colonist Army?
Who is George Washington
Which incident took place at Boston Harbor in protest against the British for taxation without representation?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What is the idea that states all of our rights come from God and cannot be taken away by any form of government?
What is "natural rights?"
This is the area that the French and British were fighting over during the French and Indian war.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
The principle of Popular Sovereignty holds that, in the most legitimate form of constitutional government, the power of government comes from _________.
What is the people?
What document announced that the American colonies were separating from Great Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What treaty ended the war of the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Who was the Enlightenment philosopher who came up with the concept of natural rights?
Who is John Locke?
In which year did the United States issue the Declaration of Independence?
What is 1776?
Who is the "real" UT?
Who are the University of Texas?
Define "Popular Sovereignty"
Which foreign nation helped the Colonists win the American Revolution?
What is France?
Which intellectual movement is associated with the American Revolution?
What is the Enlightenment?
How many British colonies formed the United States of America?
What is 13?
What are the four main causes of the American Revolution?
What are no taxation without representation, the sugar act, the stamp act, and the french and indian war?
What was the name of the first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice, issued?
What is the Stamp Act
What is this picture depicting?
What is the Boston Massacre?
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in order to punish Boston for the Tea Party by
What is closing Boston Harbor, ending public meetings, and quartering soldiers.
Who was the "master builder" of the U.S. Constitution?
Who is "James Madison"
What was the name of the tax passed to crack down on molasses smuggling in the American colonies and to raise revenue to pay for the colonies' defense.
What the Sugar Act
What event is this picture depicting?
What is the "French and Indian War"
Why did many Americans colonist believe that British tax laws were unfair?
What is the colonists lacked representation in Parliament?
A key principle of the American Revolution is the idea of Natural Rights.
The notion is that these rights come from _________ and humans are entitled to them ________.
What is God or by nature / from birth?
What SEC football team is currently, and historically, not up to par with the competition (hint: the main campus is in Knoxville)
What is "The University of Tennessee"