Road to Revolution 1
This war and its debt would lead to the Revolutionary War?
French & Indian or 7 Year's War.
This was the primary reason colonists were angry with British Parliament and the King?
The colonists were being forced to pay for their half of the French and Indian War with several Acts that taxed specific products.
This was a tax on all paper goods, legal documents, business document, etc.
The Stamp Act
What were 2 methods used by the colonists to protest the Townshend Act?
What is boycotting and smuggling?
What is the concept that states that the government only has as much power as we give it?
Limited government
This is the name of Britain's law-making assembly/government?
What is Parliament?
Who would be chosen to lead the newly established Continental Army?
George Washington
This Act was forced on the colonists to punish them for destroying 352 crates of tea during the Boston Tea Party. This Act would close Boston Harbor and shut down the Massachusetts colonial government.
The Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Who was the colonist that warned of the British arrival?
Paul Revere
This document declared the colonies independent of England.
The Declaration of Independence.
Who was the King of England at this time in colonial history?
King George III
What was the slogan that was passed around the colonies, expressing the colonists anger with Britain and their governing of the colonies?
No taxation without representation
This event would be used as colonial propaganda after the British fired into a crowd of colonists and killed 5 people.
The Boston Massacre?
What Act would lead colonists to vandalize and dump 352 crates of British tea in Boston Harbor?
Tea Act
What is the concept that states that people can make decisions on how their government should work?
self government
What was the name of the famous British Military General who after losing, lived in shame.
Lord General Cornwallis
This colonial terrorist organization used violent tactics to protest British law.
The Sons of Liberty
This Act taxed certain items not made in the colonies that had to be imported from England.(lead, glass, paper, and paint)
The Townshend Act
This battle started the American Revolution and led to the Second Continental Congress
The Battles of Lexington & Concord
Written in 1689, this document created by Parliament further protected individual rights and expended the power of the government and the people?
English Bill of Rights
This pamphlet, written specifically to influence the everyday person into choosing a side, was very effective.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
This British law prevented colonists from settling into areas west of the Appalachian mountains that were seized during the French and Indian War.
The Proclamation of 1763
This Act stated/declared to colonists that England had the right to tax the colonies whenever and however they wanted.
The Declaratory Act
A merchant, this person would also become the biggest smuggler in the colonies.
John Hancock
What was the name of the document that was our first attempt at creating a government after the Revolutionary War?
The Articles of the Confederation.
What is the economic theory that states that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys? The British would use this to squeeze as much wealth out of their investments/colonies as possible.
Mercantilism
This colonist was a silversmith and engraver and would create the famous controversial image known as the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
What was the Quartering Act?
An Act that forced colonists to house, feed, and pay the salaries of British soldiers.
This battle was the turning point in the war and would eventually lead to a colonial victory.
The Battle of Yorktown.
This principle states that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws and officials have to follow the rules when enforcing laws equally and fairly.
Due process