French and Indian War
Which country lost all of its territory in North America as a result of the French and Indian War?
France
This Act of Parliament taxed anything on paper such as legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
Name the organization led by women of the colonies that led boycotts in opposition to the Acts of Parliament.
Daughters of Liberty
What year did Lexington and Concord take place?
April 1775
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
After the war, the King declared the Proclamation of 1763. What did it say?
The colonists were not allowed to cross over the Appalachian Mountains into the Ohio River Valley.
This Act of Parliament gave the British East India company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
The Tea Act
Name TWO famous leaders of the Sons of Liberty.
Sam Adams and John Hancock
What were the British looking for when they marched to Concord?
To seize colonial weapons.
Who was the author and what was the name of the pamphlet written and published in January 1776 argued publicly for the first time that the colonies had the right to be independent and would be better of that way?
Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
This was the period of time when the British American colonies were left to govern themselves.
What is Salutary Neglect?
This was the Act of Parliament put in place in response to the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts
Name two ways that the Sons of Liberty led opposition to the Acts of Parliament.
Protests, boycotts, tar and feathering of tax collectors, burning officials in effigy.
Which side retreated at Lexington?
The colonist militias
What was the objective of the 1st Continental Congress that met secretly in Philadelphia in 1775?
To find a peaceful solution to the problems with England.
The period of Salutary Neglect ended after the French and Indian War because of these two things...
The British government fell into debt after paying for the war and wanted the colonies to pay for the cost.
What did the Quartering Act require the colonists to do?
Provide housing and food for the British troops.
Why did John Adams hesitate to join the Sons of Liberty?
He did not want to take sides. He simply wanted to be on the side of the law.
What is often referred to as the "Shot heard around the world"?
1st shot fired at Lexington
In addition to trying explain why the colonies were breaking away from Britain and would now be a sovereign nation, what were two other big ideas that Thomas Jefferson emphasized in the Declaration of Independence?
All men are created and equal.
Government's job is protect the people's rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The power of the government comes from the consent of the people.
The colonists were furious about the Proclamation of 1763 for two reasons. Why?
They were upset because they needed the land for their expanding population AND this was land that they had fought and died for.
British Kings believed that they must keep all the profit and wealth in England because gold was a finite resource. What is the name of that economic system
Merchantilism
Why did John Adams change his mind and accept the Sons of Liberty offer for him to be a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia?
He realized that this was the way to stand up for the rights of the colonists that the King had taken away. The King was acting as if he was above the law and could just ignore the basic rights of human beings. Adams could not stand for that.
Which side retreated at Concord and what happened after that?
The British retreated and colonists chased and shot at them all the way to Boston.
After Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, what did the King do that finally pushed the loyal British American colonists to declare independence?
Banned all trade with the colonies.