CAUSES
THIS EVENT CAUSED BRITAIN TO GO INTO MAJOR DEBT
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
first shots of the American Revolution
Battle of Lexington and Concord
AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THOMAS JEFFERSON
FIRST CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE _____ DID NOT ALLOW COLONISTS TO SETTLE WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
document that lists grievances for the king
Declaration of Independence
FUNDAMENTAL/NATURAL RIGHTS GUARANTEED TO PEOPLE AT BIRTH - LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
UNALIENABLE RIGHTS
WEAK ___________ GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL
WROTE "COMMON SENSE" - PERSUADED AMERICANS TO SEEK INDEPENDENCE
THOMAS PAINE
reason colonists were angry about British taxes
they did not have representation in Parliament
Turning point of the war-France became US alllies
Battle of Saratoga
ENLIGHTENMENT THINKER WHO INSPIRED THOMAS JEFFERSON - BELIEVED IN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, SOCIAL CONTRACT, AND CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
JOHN LOCKE
UPRISING OF FARMERS CAUSED BY THE LACK OF POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SHAYS' REBELLION
BRITISH MONARCH DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
KING GEORGE III
british response to Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
last battle of the war
Battle of Yorktown
EXACT DATE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
JULY 4, 1776
_________ WERE NOT PREVENTED FROM ISSUING THEIR OWN CURRENCY (MONEY)
STATES
SAID "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH"
PATRICK HENRY
the colony exists solely for the economic benefit of the mother country
mercantilism
this document ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783
HOW DID THE FOUNDING FATHERS ADDRESS THE QUARTERING OF TROOPS
3RD AMENDMENT
NUMBER OF STATES REQUIRED TO AMEND THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
13
FEDERALIST, 2ND PRESIDENT, DEFENDED THE BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM THE BOSTON MASSACRE
JOHN ADAMS