The Road to Revolution
This 1763 British law forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Agreements made by merchants not to import British goods.
What are nonimportation agreements?
The Revolution began with battles at these two Massachusetts towns in 1775.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This English philosopher’s ideas on natural rights and education shaped revolutionary thinking.
Who was John Locke?
This first governing framework for the U.S. was ratified in 1781.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Parliament’s 1765 act requiring stamped paper for legal documents and newspapers.
What is the Stamp Act?
These women organized spinning bees and wore homespun clothes to support resistance.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
Washington’s surprise victory against Hessians on Christmas night, 1776.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
The fiery preacher of the Great Awakening who told listeners to seek a “conversion” experience.
Who was George Whitefield?
Women’s civic role after the Revolution was described as raising virtuous citizens, called this.
What is Republican Motherhood?
Groups formed to enforce boycotts and intimidate officials, sometimes using tarring and feathering.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This 1773 protest in Boston destroyed over 300 chests of British tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This 1777 American victory convinced France to ally with the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine denounced monarchy and called for independence.
What is Common Sense?
After the war, about 60,000 of these colonists left America for Canada, Britain, or the Caribbean.
Who were the Loyalists?
In response to the Boston Massacre, this silversmith created an engraving used as Patriot propaganda.
Who was Paul Revere?
This colony’s House of Burgesses called for a day of prayer and fasting after the Coercive Acts.
What is Virginia?
Cornwallis surrendered at this Virginia town in 1781, effectively ending the war.
What is Yorktown?
He authored the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Many northern states adopted this gradual policy toward ending slavery.
What is gradual emancipation?
John Dickinson’s series of essays that argued duties imposed by Parliament were as dangerous as direct taxes.
What are Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania?
The Continental Association empowered these local groups to monitor and enforce boycotts.
What are Committees of Inspection?
This 1783 treaty officially ended the war and recognized U.S. independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The Enlightenment idea that governments derive power from the “consent of the governed.”
What is popular sovereignty?
The Revolution accelerated westward expansion at the expense of these groups.
Who were Native Americans?