Grievances
Involuntary work for the British Navy
Impressment
A new religious colony based off morals, ethics, and hard work with the ideal they would be a beacon of light and love.
"City on a Hill" Massachusetts.
European influx of thought and reason that inspired the Founding Fathers
Enlightenment
1776
Number one Cash Crop in the colonies leading to increased need for labor.
Tobacco
Proclamation of 1763 banned colonists from moving further westward after this war....
Propaganda produced after this event to sway public opinion.
Boston Massacre imagery
This population was impossible for the colonists to enslave leading to the initial growth in the Atlantic (Triangular) Trade.
Native Americans
Governmental Power should be based on....
The consent of the People
Americans cost them a TON of money during this event.
Intolerable Acts were the British response.
Marital Law imposed in Boston in response
Boston Tea Party
We want more...."Money Money Money", says Britain. Money stands for....
Taxes
All men under God are equal and deserve to have their Natural Rights preserved.
Egalitarianism
Ideas the colonists has towards the Native Americans and Enslaved people.
Racist.
Main authors and signers of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Slogan made famous by colonists due to the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Intolerable Acts, Townshend Acts, etc.
No Taxation Without Representation
A time where Britain stayed out of Colonial affairs leading to the Colonies becoming accustomed to self governance.
What is Salutary Neglect?
Global route connecting three main global trading centers.
Triangular Trade
First Colony in the America's. Started as profit driven colony.
Jamestown
John Locke
Enlightenment
Thomas Paine
Inspired Jefferson and inspired the word of the Declaration.
This group was responsible for costing the colonists and Great Britain a great deal of money and hardship through their difference in culture and consistent attacks.
Native Americans
Unwanted roomates
Quartering
7 year contract to work in the colonies
indentured servitude
God first; escaping religious persecution.
Puritans/ Pilgrims
This group supports Thomas Paine's Common Sense, a pamphlet written about colonial and British relations and the problems associated.
Patriots
British economic system involving a the trade of raw materials and manufactured goods which ensures the "mother country" makes the most money. More money in than goes out.
Mercantilism