NINE YEAR WAR IN WHICH THE BRITISH FOUGHT AGAINST FRANCE AND ITS NATIVE AMERICAN ALLIES FOR CONTROL OF NORTH AMERICA
What is FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
100
STATED THAT THE PARLIAMENT HAD THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE LAWS ON COLONIES
What is DECLARATORY ACT
100
CONFRONTATION IN WHICH THE FIRST SHOTS OF THE WAR WERE FIRED
What is LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
100
DOCUMENT SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF 2ND CONGRESS AND MAKES USA A FREE NATON
What is DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
100
BODY OF NATIONAL LAWS FOR THE USA WHICH ALSO SERVE AS THE NATONS GOVERNMENT
What is US CONSTITUTION
200
GENERAL SEARCH WARRANTS THAT ALLOWED BRITISH AUTHORITIES TO SEARCH WHATEVER THEY WANTED FOR WHATEVER REASON
What is WRITS OF ASSISTANCE
200
EVENT THAT OCCURED ON MARCH 5, 1770 IN WHICH BRITISH SOILDERS WHO FELT THREATENED BY A MOB OF ANGRY PROTESTERS FRIED SHOTS THAT LEFT SERVERAL COLONISTS DEAD OR DYING
What is BOSTON MASSACRE
200
2ND MEETING OF COLONIAL REPS CONVENDED IN 1775 TO DEAL WITH EVENTS AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
What is SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
200
COMMANDER OF THE US CONTINENTAL ARMY AND 1ST PRESIDENT OF THE USA
What is GEORGE WASHINGTON
200
COMPROMISE PLAN PROPSED AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE DELEGATES
What is GREAT COMPROMISE / CONNECTICUT PLAN
300
ISSUED BY KING GEORGE III, FORBADE COLONISTS FROM SETTLING WEST OF THE APPALACTION MOUNTAINS AND PUT THE TERRITORY UNDER BRITISH CONTROL
What is PROCLAMATION OF 1763
300
WHERE COLONISTS DRESSED AS INDIANS, RAIDED BRITISH SHIPS AND DUMPED CRATES OF BRITISH TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR
What is BOSTON TEA PARTY
300
AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPEDENCE
What is THOMAS JEFFERSON
300
VICTORY THAT CONVINCED THE FRENCH THAT THE USA HAD A CHANCE OF WINNING THE WAR
What is SARATOGA
300
COMPROMISE THAT STATED THAT EACH SLAVE WOULD COUNT AS 3/5's A PERSON
What is 3/5's COMPROMISE
400
LAW THAT NEARLY TAXED ALL PRINTED MATERICAL BY REQUIRING THAT IT BEAR A GOVERNMENT STAMP
What is STAMP ACT
400
THESE ACTS CLOSED BOSTON HARBOR AND PLACED A MILITARY GOVERNOR IN MASSACHUSETTS
What is INTOLERABLE ACTS
400
THE IDEA THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL
What is EGALITARIANISM
400
SITE OF THE FINAL MAJOR BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
What is YORKTOWN
400
NORTHERNERS WHO OPPSED THE SLAVE TRADE AGREED TO ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN FOR 20 YEARS AFTER WHICH TIME CONGRESS COULD IMPOSE REGULATIONS
What is SLAVE TRADE COMPROMISE
500
PROTEST MADE BY COLONISTS IN WHICH THEY APPEALED TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAD NO REPRESENTATION IN PARLIMENT AS JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PAY BRITISH TAXES
What is "NO TAXATION WITH OUT REPRESENTATION"
500
MEETING OF COLONIAL REPS THAT COVENTED IN SEP. 1774 IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS OF WHAT THEY VEIWED AS OPRESSIVE BRITISH LAWS
What is FRIST CONTINETAL CONGRESS
500
NATURAL RIGHTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN NOT TAKE AWAY
What is INALIENABLE RIGHTS
500
FIRST ATTEMPT BY THE US AT A NATIONAL BODY OF LAWS
What is ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
500
THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITION WHICH STEM THE FROM MANY OF THE PRINCIPLES EXPRESSED IN THE DOI AND WHICH ARE INTENDED TO PROTECT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS