Colonial Geography
The rocky soil and short growing season of this colonial region led to an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, and trade.
Was the first representative democracy in Virginia.
Virginia House of Burgess
Passed by Parliament in 1765, this act directly taxed printed materials, including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
Thomas Paine wrote this widely circulated 1776 pamphlet to convince colonists that total independence from Britain was logical and necessary.
Common Sense.
These two small Massachusetts towns were the site of the first military engagements ("the shot heard 'round the world") of the war in April 1775.
This geographic barrier formed the line that British colonists were forbidden to settle west of under the Proclamation of 1763.
The Appalachian Mountains
This agreement was signed among Pilgrims that stated they agreed to be self-governed.
The Mayflower Compact.
Colonists rallied around this iconic phrase to protest being taxed by a British Parliament in which they had no elected voice.
No Taxation without Representation
John Locke argued that all humans possess these rights simply by being born, which cannot be taken away by a government.
Natural Rights
This 1777 battle in New York is considered the main turning point of the war because it convinced France to enter an alliance with the Americans.
Battle of Saratoga
Fertile soil and a long growing season due to the climate being warm. Dependent on Slave Labor.
Southern Colonies.
Salutary Neglect.
Britain ended its policy of salutary neglect after 1763 primarily for this reason.
Pay off War debts from the French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, drawing heavily upon Locke's natural rights of life, liberty, and this
Property
General Washington and his Continental Army endured extreme hardship, disease, and starvation during the harsh winter of 1777–1778 at this Pennsylvania camp.
Valley Forge
Cool climate and are able to have small farms due to fertile soil. Short growing season as they have the four seasons.
Middle Colonies
Powerful alliance of Native Americans that can be found in New York.
Iroquois Confederacy or Haudenosaunee
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed these harsh laws in 1774 to punish Massachusetts and close Boston Harbor.
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
The name of the King who ruled the Thirteen Colonies.
What Battle resulted from the successful crossing of the Delaware River.
Battle of Trenton.
Following the Treaty of Paris (1783) colonists were able to settle east of this boundary.
Mississippi River
Local government where citizens could govern themselves through direct democracy.
New England: Town Meetings
Secret organizations formed in response to the Coercive Acts.
Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence
The implicit agreement where citizens give up some freedoms to the government in exchange for protection of their fundamental rights, safety, and happiness is called.
Social Contract
General Cornwallis surrendered at this Battle after three weeks of fighting and being surrounded by Patriot Forces. This marked the end of the war.
Battle of Yorktown.