Early Colonial Unity
This early alliance was formed in 1643 by four colonies for mutual defense.
New England Confederation
This 1764 law taxed imported sugar and molasses.
The Sugar Act
The killing of five colonists by British soldiers in 1770 is called this.
The Boston Massacre
This assembly met in 1774 in response to the Intolerable Acts.
First Continental Congress
This document, adopted on July 4, 1776, formally announced independence.
The Declaration of Independence
This Native American league impressed colonists with its system of government.
Iroquois Confederation
This 1765 law taxed every piece of printed paper colonists used.
The Stamp Act
This 1773 event involved colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
One action of the First Continental Congress was to organize this economic protest.
Boycott
This famous phrase appears in the Declaration: "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of _____."
happiness
The plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 to create a joint colonial council.
Albany Plan of Union
Because of this act, colonists famously said, "no taxation without representation."
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against this.
The Tea Act or tax on tea
This man was selected as commander of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
George Washington
One key way state constitutions were similar was including one of these to protect individual freedoms.
Bill of Rights
The main purpose of the New England Confederation.
Mutual defense against Native and Dutch threats
These taxes and laws made colonists start to organize and resist, sometimes with violence.
The Sugar and Stamp Acts
In response to the Tea Party, Britain passed these harsh laws.
Intolerable Acts
The Second Continental Congress approved drafting one of America's most famous documents.
Declaration of Independence
Many state constitutions made this branch of government the strongest.
Legislative Branch
This confederation's system influenced some ideas for union and representation among the colonies.
Iroquois Confederation
This group was formed to secretly resist the Stamp Act and organize against British rule.
Sons of Liberty
These acts closed Boston Harbor and limited self-government in Massachusetts.
Intolerable Acts
This happened between the First and Second Continental Congress meetings - sometimes called the "shot heard 'round the world."
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This Enlightenment thinker inspired the Declaration's ideas about rights and government.
John Locke