Road to the Revolution
what tax required the colonist to buy a special stamp for paper goods?
Stamp Act
Colonist built settlements along what coast?
Atlantic Coast
French and Native Americans against the British and colonist
When did the Boston Massacre take place?
March 5, 1770
Colonist believed that they had the same rights as people living in what country?
England/Britian
This event on March 5, 1770 resulted in the death of 5 colonist.
Boston Massacre
The New England Colonies were known for this type of economy.
shipping and trade
What river valley were the French and British fighting over?
Ohio River Valley
How many colonist were killed in the Boston Massacre?
5
no taxation without representation
What group organized protests and boycotts against British taxes?
Sons of Liberty
What was the main reason many settlers came to the middle colonies?
Religious freedom
What young Virginian gained early military experience during this war
George Washington
What were the colonist doing that caused the British soldiers to react?
What right did the colonists believe gave them the ability to speak out against unfair laws?
Free speech/right to protest
What act forced the colonists to house the British soldiers?
Quartering Act
This region relied heavily on plantations and enslaved labor
The southern colonies
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Who defended the British soldiers in the court after the incident?
John Adams
Colonists believed in natural rights. according to John Locke, these include Life, liberty, and the pursuit of what?
property
What laws closed the Boston Harbor after the Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Colonial assemblies were early examples of what type of government?
self-government or representative government
After the war, Britian created a law that banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. What's the name if this law?
Proclamation of 1763
Why did patriots use the Boston Massacre as propaganda?
to make the colonist angry at Britian and convince them the British were violent and dangerous
Which famous colonial document listed the rights colonists believed they deserved and complained about abuses from the king?
Declaration of Independence.