Colonies vs. British
This war was fought between the British and the French over land (specifically the Ohio River Valley) in N. America.
What is the French and Indian War?
This tax was on sugar, molasses and other household items.
What is the Sugar Act?
This is the source of government power in a democratic nation.
What is the people/ consent of the governed?
A drawing of this event spread throughout the colonies and became a tool to build support for rebellion.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This is the difference between a primary and a secondary source.
What is a firsthand information vs. information gained after the fact?
This is why taxes were passed following the French and Indian war.
What is heavy debts incurred fighting the war, to pay for the protection of the colonists?
This British policy forced colonists to house British soldiers in their home.
What is the Quartering Act?
This Enlightenment thinker heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
This famous slogan explained what the colonists were truly upset about when it came to the heavy taxes being passed.
What is no taxation without representation?
This geographic feature was used as a boundary to block westward settlement after the French and Indian war.
What is the Appalachian mountains?
This is why the British passed the Proclamation Line of 1763.
What is to avoid conflict with the Natives?
This event dumped millions of dollars of tea into Boston harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These are 3 rights listed in the Declaration that Thomas Jefferson believes all people have and deserve.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This pamphlet convinced a lot of colonists who were undecided to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
This is the name of the British law-making body who was responsible for passing so many taxes in the colonies.
What is Parliament?
The colonists who wanted independence were heavily influenced by this time period in Europe.
What is the Enlightenment?
These colonists did not think independence was a good idea.
Who are Loyalists?
This is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence.
What is to justify or explain the causes for independence, explain what a good government should look like...?
This is what really happened in the Boston Massacre.
What is colonists were harassing the soldiers, throwing things at them, they did not receive an order to fire....?
This is how the colonists showed opposition to British taxation.
What is boycotting their products?
This is the economic system that allowed the British to gain wealthy off the colonies and take advantage of their raw materials and limit colonial trade with other nations.
What is mercantilism?
This is the group of Patriots that Paul Revere and other colonists joined to resist the British policies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The Declaration contained a list of problems the colonists had with the British we call this section....
What are grievances?
This event was considered the first battle of the war also known as the "shot heard round the world".
What is Lexington and Concord?
This is a word for exaggerated, one-sided information used to spread an idea or viewpoint.
What is propaganda?