Laws and Documents
British law that placed taxes on paper products and cards
What is the Stamp Act?
When a country controls and rules over another country or region
What is colonialism?
Ruled the British government alongside the king
Who is Parliament?
They believed that they deserved representation in the decisions of their laws and taxes
Who are the colonies?
The act of protest that occured in Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A document describing grievances against Great Britain and the king and reasons for separation
What is the Declaration of Independence?
the act of fighting back or refusing to accept something
What is RESISTANCE? OR What is RESIST?
Indigenous Nation that allied with the Americans during the Revolution
Were unhappy with British policy but still wanted to be part of the British Empire
Who are loyalists?
An event that led to the death of 5 colonists in Boston
What is the Boston Massacre?
Really strict British laws used to punish the colonists for protesting
What are the Intolerable Acts?
a person who wants to end or abolish slavery or another law or practice
What is an ABOLITIONIST?
Government of the states during the Revolution
Who is the Continental Congress?
Wanted or fought for the right of the colonies to be independent states
Who are the Patriots?
The war fought between Britain, France, and Indigenous Nations in North America
What is the Seven Year War?
The document containing the colonists' final attempt at peace with Britain
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government
What is STATE?
Used the words and ideas of the Revolution to sue her enslaver for her freedom and won
Thought that the Ohio Valley Region was theirs and that they could not lose it due to their fur trade with Indigenous Nations
Who is the French?
Battles that began the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
The British law that prohibited colonial expanision westward
What is the Proclamation of 1763? OR What is the Proclamation Line?
a group of people chosen to represent others by discussing and taking action.
What is CONGRESS?
African American poet who supported ideas about freedom and equality
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
Believed that people are allowed to separate from a country if their rights are being violated.
Who are the colonists? OR Who are the states? OR Who is the Continental Congress?
An uprising led by an Indigenous nation over the Ohio River Valley
Pontiac's Uprising