Causes of Revolution
Which event caused Britain to end its policy of salutary neglect and begin taxing the colonists again?
the Seven Years War / Proclamation Line of 1763
What "plan" represents the first attempt to join the colonies together during the French and Indian War? (was not successful)
Albany Plan of Union
Which thinker developed the idea of natural law / natural rights of life, liberty and property?
Locke
Which event most directly led to the Stamp Act
Proclamation Line of 1763
an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty. Britain allowed smuggling to occur between the colonies and other nations and did not collect all royal taxes. This ends after the Seven Years War.
Salutary Neglect
The Stamp Act was repealed before it went into effect. This was mainly due to...
Colonial resistance to new taxation through BOYCOTTS (refuse to buy British goods)
In response to the Stamp Act, colonists joined together in this body to oppose the new law and argue for "No Taxation without Representation"
Stamp Act Congress
These two thinkers believes in the consent of the governed: the idea that government should represent the will of the people.
Locke / Rousseau
Which event led to the First Continental Congress being formed?
Intolerable / Coercive Acts
Proclamation Line of 1763
A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. Created royal outposts along Proclamation line which caused tension in the colonies
After the Boston Tea Party, these harsh laws showed many colonists that Britain did not value the natural rights of all colonists.
The Intolerable Acts / Coercive acts
This group of colonist joined together after the Intolerable Acts to address the King and remind him of the rights colonist should hold as British subjects.
First Continental Congress
This thinker believed in the separation of powers and checks and balances to prevent branches of government from becoming too powerful
Montesquieu
Which event caused the Albany Plan of Union (JOIN or, DIE) to be proposed?
Seven Years War
Passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed, the Act declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally, and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures.
Declaratory Act
This famous author write Common Sense, which convinced most colonists that Revolution was a good idea for the colonies and that the economy and society could thrive without Britiain
Thomas Paine
This body came together after fighting had begun, they accomplished 2 goals: They asked for troops and appointed George Washington general of the Continental Army, and they also issued the Olive Branch Petition to attempt to reconcile one last time.
Second Continental Congress
This author put enlightenment ideas into common language that most colonists could understand and convinced many to join the side of revolution.
Thomas Paine , Common Sense
How did the King respond to the Olive Branch Petition (last peace attempt).
Male and female organizations that enforced the nonimportation agreements, sometimes by coercive means. Organized the Boston Tea Party, founded by Samuel Adams in Boston.
Sons (Daughters) of Liberty
Where did the fighting begin in the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
This document embodies the ideas of the revolution and Declares the colonies' separation from Britain, founding the United States
Declaration of Independence
Congresses power to impeach a president represents what enlightenment idea?
Consent of the Governed, Separation of Powers, Social Contract, Right to revolt, Checks and Balances.
Checks and Balances
What was the impact of the actions of the Stamp Act Congress, colonial boycotts, and the Sons of Liberty?
Stamp Act repealed before it went into effect
a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. ... Colonists possessed all the rights of Englishmen, and trial by jury is a right
Declaration of Rights and Grievances