British Decrees
A law which exempted the East Empire Company from paying taxes on imports from India.
What is the Tea Act?
The Seven Years War, sometimes called the "First World War", emerged from this conflict in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
These American malcontents organized resistance to British taxation and occupation.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This third President of the United States was selected to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
1947
It's A Sin
Eddie Arnold
This act of Parliament upset lovers of French Molasses and producers of Rum in Boston.
What is the Sugar Act?
He was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and later the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This protest of dockworkers ended in the death of five people and the trial of several Redcoats.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This too weak Constitution was Americas first attempt and didn't even allow for the collection of taxes!
What are the Articles of Confederation?
1976
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
Ed Bruce
This series of punishing laws targeted the colonies of New England and received a negative nickname from colonists.
What is The Intolerable Acts?
This battle resulted in the surrender of thousands of British soldiers and the end of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The Intolerable Acts were a punitive (punishing) measure in response to this protest which saw Bostonians dress as Native Americans as a disguise.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A combination of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans this agreement apportioned the number of representatives each state received in Congress.
What is the "Great Compromise?"
1942
Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
Kay Kyser
At the request of Native American allies this decree prohibited settlement West of the Appalachian mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The signing of this Treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This pyrrhic victory saw British troops occupy the hills outside of Boston at a heavy cost.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This is the system which prevents one branch of government from gaining too much power by granting specific powers to other branches.
What is "Checks and Balances"?
1959
El Paso
Marty Robbins
This decree, which called for the housing of soldiers, upset colonists so much it was banned in an amendment to the US Constitution.
What is the Quartering Act?
The Battle of Saratoga resulted in the help of this country, without whom the US could never have won the war.
What is France?
When British soldiers arrived in America to destroy hoarded guns and cannons it resulted in this, the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Concerns about travel times and a negative opinion about the average American saw the Founding Fathers create this method of selecting the President.
What is the Electoral College?
1969
Stand By Your Man
Tammy Wynette