War between the French, the French Colonists, their Native American allies and the British, the British Colonists and their Native American allies.
What is French and Indian War (Seven Years War)?
100
The major event the Declaration of Independence justified.
What is the American Revolution?
100
Wants to break away from England and form their own independent nation.
What is a patriot?
100
to give permission
What is consent?
100
First battles of the Revolutionary War.
What are Lexington and Concord?
200
This banned settlement west of an imaginary line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
200
To protect natural rights
What is the government's responsibility?
200
Is a Tory and believes that Great Britain has done extraordinary things to keep peace in the colonies.
What is a loyalist?
200
to do away with, destroy, get rid of
What is abolish?
200
Patriots dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
This meeting was formed to send an olive branch petition to England, while the next meeting was to discuss terms of independence.
What was the First and Second Continental Congress?
300
"He has abdicated Government here..."
"He has plundered our seas..."
"He is at this time transporting large Armies..."
Who is "He"
Who was King George III?
300
Examine this quote,
"I live too far away to be bothered by this nonsense."
What is a neutralist?
300
obvious, for everyone to see
What is self-evident?
300
1. Concluded the Revolutionary War.
2. Recognized American Independence.
3. Americans to pay any debts owed to British
4. Removal of all troops from American territory
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
A tax placed on imports in hopes that colonists wouldn't notice the new tax increase. Included the Writs of Assistance and called for a tax on glass, paper, lead, paint, silk, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?
400
If the Government is not meeting your needs and more importantly not protecting your rights, the Declaration of Independence states you have the right to do this.
What is altering or abolishing the Government?
400
Patriots were labeled this by Loyalists
What is a traitor?
400
cannot be taken away
What is unalienable?
400
An angry crowd of colonies was fired upon by a group of British soldiers for throwing snowballs and rocks at the soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
There were four main parts to this event.
1) Close the port of Boston
2) Stopped trade between Boston and other countries.
3) Stricter penalties on the Quartering Act.
4) Increased the power of the royal Governor.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
500
According to John Locke:
1. the source of Natural rights,
2. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,
3. Because the people give consent
Who is God or the Creator?
What are natural rights?
Where government gets it's power?
500
Wealthy land owners, (3 answers)
New Englanders,
Quakers
Who are loyalists?
Who are patriots?
Who are neutralists?
500
1. Relates the conduct of the government
2. Relates to money and/or finances
What are political and economic?
500
The thirteen colonies. (name them)
What are Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire