Causes & Acts
This 1764 law regulated paper money in the colonies and limited the colonies' ability to pay debts with local currency (money).
(What is) the Currency Act
He made engraved prints, including works that influence public opinion after the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere
This 1773 protest involved colonists disguising themselves as Native Americans and dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
the Boston Tea Party
The Proclamation Line of 1763 ran along this geographic feature limiting colonial settlement westward.
the Appalachian Mountains
The philosophical singer whose ideas about natural rights in government by consent influenced the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
The sect required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.
This group of colonists formed to oppose the Stamp Act and organized boycotts of British goods.
the Sons of Liberty
The 1775 early battle on Breed's/Bunker Hill showed colonial resistance and heavy British bosses despite British victory.
the Battle of Bunker Hill
According to 1763 territorial claims, this country owned the land west of the Mississippi river.
Spain
This phrase refers to rights that cannot be taken away and is central to the Declaration of Independence.
Unalienable rights
Cost in 1765 this law required that many printed materials carry a government stamp and led to riots and boycotts.
the Stamp Act
He defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre, showing commitment to fair trial even as a patriot.
John Adams
On May 10th 1775 these two leaders led the capture Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen
Which Native American group lived between Lake MI and Lake Huron (as shown on the map)?
the Potawatomi
In the American Crisis, Paine wrote that because something is costly, people value it more; he used that idea to argue for what?
valuing and fighting for freedom
A series of 1767 measures that place duties (taxes) on imported goods and required writs of assistance, spurring colonial boycotts.
the Townshend Acts
This author wrote that "These are times that drive men's souls" and urged Americans to value freedom enough to fight for it.
Thomas Paine
In January 1776, this pamphlet by Thomas Paine was published and helped to persuade colonists towards independence
Common Sense
Why did Britain issue the Proclamation of 1763 restricting settlement West of the line?
to limit colonial-Native American contact and reduce conflict, keeping peace on the frontier
John Adams described the adoption of this document as deserving "pomp and parade" despite the coming cost.
the Declaration of Independence
Passed after the Boston Tea Party, these 1774 laws closed Boston Harbor and punished Massachusetts, causing the colonies to unite in protest.
the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
This colonial leader (and later general) helped capture Fort Ticonderoga and later became famous word conspiring with the British.
Benedict Arnold
On this date in 1776 the Continental Congress voted to approve independence from Britain.
July 2, 1776
Explain how control of ports and naval power influenced British military strategy in the colonies.
Sample: Britain attacked colonial skateboards because ports were economic in population centers. Controlling ports disrupted colonial trade, supply lines, and punished resistance
Name two Enlightenment ideas that inspired American colonists to resist British rule.
natural rights and government based on the consent of the governed OR the right to resist unlawful authority and equality under natural law