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Who wrote Common Sense and what did it state?
Thomas Paine
that it was time to declare independence
Conflict over this territory led to the French and Indian War.
Ohio River Valley
Allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly into the colonies instead of stopping in England first
Tea Act
First African American author of published poetry and emancipated herself
Phyllis Wheatley
Philosopher that stated that you had unalienable rights that could not be given or taken away from you by the government
John Locke
The hands off political and economic relationship between the colonists and British until the end of the French and Indian War.
Salutary Neglect
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was put in place to stop the fighting between these 2 groups
the colonists and the Native Americans
Taxed goods such sugar and molasses being imported into the colonies from non British sources
Sugar Tax
What happened to the Native Americans who sided with the British after the Revolutionary War?
They lost the protection the British had given them and were further displaced from their homes
Philosopher that believed people could only escape war and violence by giving up their natural rights and submitting to the rule of a strong ruler.
Thomas Hobbes
Ben Franklin proposed that the British crown create a unified government for the 13 colonies.
Albany Plan
Key parts of the Treaty of Paris 1783
Gave independence to the US
Britain kept Canada but lost everything else
Withdrawal of British troops from the U.S.
Spain was given back Florida
Required colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used including legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards
Stamp Act
Washington was appointed the leader of the continental army at this Congress
Second Continental Congress
this philosopher believed the only way to have a fair government was to have a separation of power.
Montesquieu
Who wrote the first non-fiction book published by a women in America?
Mercy Otis Warren
Met as a direct result of The Coercive/Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
Placed taxes on a number of goods imported into the colonies, including tea, glass, paper and paint.
Townshend Revenue Act
Soldiers trained and ready ”to stand at a minute’s warning in case of alarm"
Minutemen
this philosopher wrote about politics in a work called The Social Contract.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
George Washingtons Role during the Revolution
Served as Commander in the Continental Army
This battle was a turning point of the war because the French officially joined the war.
Battle of Saratoga
The Intolerable/Coercive Acts
Boston Port Act
MA Gov Act
Admin of Justice Act
Quartering Act
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” is a quote from which battle?
Battle of Bunker Hill
what is it called when someone rules with unlimited power?
a despot