Wars and Revolutions
This was the financial result of the French and Indian war for the British, which leads them to taxing the colonists
What is Debt?
This act required American colonists to pay a direct tax on printed paper goods—including legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation as the framework for the US government in 1787.
What is the United States Constitution?
Enlightenment thinker who wrote “all men are born with a right to life, liberty, and property”, which inspired the Declaration of Independence
Who was John Locke?
British policy of loose control over colonies before the war
What is the Salutary Neglect?
This factor helped the colonies win the Revolutionary War against Britain
France’s money, weapons, and naval support
Home-field advantage
Hope in freedoms and self-government
This act forced American colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies to British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are collectively known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Rights that belong to all people simply because they are human-life, liberty, and property
Who is Natural Rights?
Following the victory of the American Revolution, this was an argument that delegates had at the Constitution Convention of 1787
Debated what representation should be based on
Debated how strong the federal government should be
Debated how to select a president
This act added taxes on goods like sugar, coffee, and wine.
What is the Sugar Act?
It required 13/13 states to approve major changes, which was nearly impossible
No power to tax or regulate trade
No national executive or judiciary, along with states acting like independent countries
Led the Quaker movement and helped write the Declaration of Independence
Who was Benjamin Franklin
Unjust or oppressive government rule
What is the Tyranny?
The MAIN reason that the colonists were angry with Great Britain prior to the Revolutionary War
What was being taxed and quartered without having a say in the government, which felt their freedoms were being violated
This act stated that colonists could no longer use bills of credits in official trades. The British government wanted more control over their economy.
What is the Currency Act?
The negotiation that truly ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris
An English writer, educator, and philosopher who advocated for women's rights and challenged traditional gender roles
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
To free from servitude
What is Emancipation?
This date and location was the functional end of the French and Indian War
What is September 15, 1760 at Detroit
This act stated that Parliament had total power to make laws for the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever".
What is the Declaratory Act?
Published anonymously on January 10, 1776, this pamphlet written by Thomas Paine's argued passionately for American independence from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
An American Revolutionary War captain who became famous as a leader of Shays’ Rebellion, a 1786–1787 armed uprising of indebted farmers in western Massachusetts protesting unfair taxes and property foreclosures
Who was Daniel Shay?
Economic policy where colonies exist to benefit the mother country
What is the Mercantilism?