Exploration
The reason for Spanish exploration
The 13 colonies
No taxation without representation
(Taxes too high, no representation in Parliament)
George Washington
1st President of the United States of America
The definition of social contract
Giving up certain rights to have your rights protected
The reason for British colonization
What is religious freedom and profit?
The three colonial sections
New England
Middle
Southern
One act implemented that upset the colonists
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The Declaratory Act
The Quartering Act
Minutemen
Militia members, civilians who volunteer to fight for their colony
What is representative government
A government led by people elected/voted into office, these people present the views of a majority
The reason for French colonization
What is fur trade and empire expansion?
Colonies founded for religious freedom
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
The act put in place after the Boston Tea Party which closed the harbor, banned public meetings, and forced colonists to house English military
The Intolerable Acts/The Coercive Acts
Boycott
To refuse to purchase products due to disagreeing with beliefs/political standings
Reasons for the development of representative government
Distance from England, lack of representation, traditional rights of Englishmen, salutary neglect
New and faster route to Asia
The political system developed due to distance from England, lack of representation/salutary neglect, and rights of traditional Englishment
Representative Government
The event that resulted from shots being fired at a protest of British taxation, 5 colonists were killed the first being Crispus Attucks
The Boston Massacre
Repeal
To take something back
The Enlightenment thinkers that inspired representative government
John Locke
Charles de Montesquieu
The name of a trade route in a trilateral shape
(North America, England, Africa)
What is Triangular Trade?
The colonial region with dense forests, rivers, and extreme cold winters
New England
Ways that colonists defied British rule (civil disobedience)
Protested, boycotted, propaganda
No taxation without representation
a government forces citizens to pay taxes while denying them a vote or a voice in that government
The reason for the Declaration of Independence