Causes & Ideas
What movement introduced natural rights and limited government?
The Enlightenment
What act taxed printed materials?
Stamp Act
What slogan opposed taxes without colonial lawmakers?
No taxation without representation
Who commanded the Continental Army?
George Washington
What agreement says people surrender some freedom for protection?
Social contract
Which act taxed sugar and molasses?
Sugar Act
What protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
What document declared the colonies independent?
Declaration of Independence
Which war left Britain deeply in debt?
French and Indian War
Which act required colonies to house and supply British troops?
Quartering Act
What organization led boycotts and protests?
Sons of Liberty
Who wrote the Declaration’s first draft?
Thomas Jefferson
What British policy allowed substantial colonial self-government?
Salutary neglect
Which law favored the British East India Company while retaining the tea tax?
Tea Act
What 1770 event was used to build opposition to British rule?
Boston Massacre
What was America’s first national framework
Articles of Confederation
Why did ending salutary neglect anger colonists?
It reduced self-government and increased British control and taxation
What collective name was given to the laws punishing Massachusetts after the Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Which battles began armed conflict in April 1775?
Lexington and Concord
Why was the Constitution created?
To replace the weak Articles with a stronger federal system