Key Ideas
Rights that all people have from birth
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Law that forbid the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, angered the colonists
Proclamation of 1763
First battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
Wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territories
Reasons for exploration
Distance from Britain + Mayflower Compact = The Growth of Representative Government (True or False)
True
Angered Colonists, led to boycotting of British goods
Stamp Act
Turning point of the American Revolution
Saratoga
Main author of the Declaration of Independence, which listed grievances (complaints) against King George and Parliament
Thomas Jefferson
Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, fertile soil
Southern Economy
What document is this from:
"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Declaration of Independence
Event that led to the passing of the Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Last major battle of the American Revolution
Yorktown
Leaders of Sons of Liberty, he helped organize the Boston Tea Party
Sam Adams
British controlled colonial trade; angered colonists
Mercantilism
The belief that the British should have permission from colonists to pass taxes (the main reason for the American Revolution)
Consent of the governed (think: NO taxation without representation)
The British response to the Boston Tea Party (tension between the colonists and British escalated)
Intolerable Acts
After the last battle (Yorktown) this treaty recognized the U.S. as an independent nation
Treaty of Paris
Successfully led a naval fleet against the British
John Paul Jones
Place for Catholics to live peacefully
Maryland
Why did colonists feel their civil liberties had been violated leading up to the American Revolution?
They lacked representation in British Parliament
Agreement that ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783
The harsh winter at _________ caused nearly 2,000 deaths due to disease and starvation.
Valley Forge
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
In what year was it written?
Thomas Jefferson
1776
(Restriction of westward expansion/Colonial settlements remain east of Appalachian)
Proclamation of 1763