Prelude to Revolution
This war, also known as the Seven Years’ War, drastically altered colonial-British relations.
What is the French and Indian War?
This 1765 law required colonists to pay for an official mark on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
This Enlightenment philosopher argued for natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
The first military engagements of the American Revolution happened here.
What are Lexington and Concord?
📣 DAILY DOUBLE! This first constitution of the U.S. created a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This 1765 act required colonists to house British soldiers in their private homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
This organization formed in reaction to the Stamp Act and later helped organize resistance.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This famous pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This turning point battle in 1777 convinced France to ally with the Patriots.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 1787 law created a system for admitting new states and banning slavery in new territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
📣 DAILY DOUBLE! This 1754 meeting of colonial delegates aimed to unite colonies for mutual defense.
What is the Albany Congress?
This 1767 act taxed items like paper, paint, and tea and led to widespread boycotts.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This Enlightenment concept says government power comes from the consent of the governed.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
This Virginian led frontier campaigns in the West during the Revolution.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
This 1786–87 rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles and inspired calls for a stronger central government.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
These Pennsylvania frontiersmen violently protested perceived government inaction during Pontiac's Rebellion.
Who were the Paxton Boys?
These 1770 deaths of five colonists increased tensions and were used as Patriot propaganda.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This document, adopted in 1776, formally declared the colonies' break from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
📣 DAILY DOUBLE! This treaty formally ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a bicameral legislature.
What is the Connecticut (Great) Compromise?
This radical North Carolina group protested colonial corruption and royal governors.
Who were the Regulators?
📣 DAILY DOUBLE! This 1772 British customs ship was burned by colonists in a direct act of defiance.
What was the Gaspee Affair?
📣 DAILY DOUBLE! This French philosopher promoted direct democracy and influenced Jefferson.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This act, passed by Britain in 1775, declared the colonies in rebellion and cut off trade.
What is the Prohibitory Act?
This agreement resolved debates over trade regulation and tariffs at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Commercial Compromise?