Colonial Conflict
Following the British victory in 1763, this was the primary method used by Parliament to recover the costs of the French and Indian War.
What are new taxes?
This specific form of organized protest was the most common colonial reaction to the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765.
What is a boycott?
This 1776 document famously asserts that "all men are created equal" and are born with certain rights that cannot be taken away.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Paine’s primary mission in writing his 1776 pamphlet was to convince the American public to take this final step.
What is declaring independence?
This is the correct sequence of events, starting with the 1754 conflict in the Ohio River Valley and ending with the formal break from Britain in 1776.
-Boston Tea Party
-French and Indian War
-Declaration of Independence
What is the French and Indian War, the Boston Tea Party, and the Declaration of Independence?
Boycotts were considered the most effective protest tool because they created significant financial problems for this specific group in England.
Who are British merchants?
The chief objective of the Declaration of Independence was to provide a formal list of grievances explaining why the colonies were doing this.
What is separating/becoming free from England?
This four-word phrase describes the democratic idea that a government only has the right to rule if the citizens agree to it.
What is "consent of the governed"?
Taken together, the Stamp Act, the tea crisis in Boston Harbor, and the Intolerable Acts served as the catalyst for this major American conflict.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This famous 1760s slogan was first popularized to express outrage over Britain’s attempt to raise revenue without colonial input.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
The 1774 Pennsylvania Resolutions were drafted as a show of support after the British closed the port of this city as punishment.
What is Boston?
According to the Declaration of Independence, a population has this specific right if their government consistently violates their natural liberties.
What is the right to rebel/revolt?
To prevent further bloodshed with Native Americans after the French and Indian War, King George III issued this 1763 decree forbidding settlement west of this mountain range.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Organized by the Sons of Liberty, this 1773 act of defiance involved the destruction of hundreds of chests of British property to protest a trade monopoly.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
By focusing on "traditional rights," the Pennsylvania Resolutions helped achieve this goal among the thirteen separate colonies.
What is unification?
Thomas Paine used this specific argument to show that it was ridiculous for a small island like Britain to govern a massive continent like America.
What is the difference in size/geography?
This 1770 event, which resulted in the deaths of five colonists, was famously depicted in a Paul Revere engraving used as powerful anti-British propaganda.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Known in Britain as the Coercive Acts, these laws were passed specifically to punish Massachusetts for the destruction of tea.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
These 5 men are credited as writing the Declaration of Independence. (ALL 5)
Who are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued that it was 'absurd' for an island to perpetually govern a continent.
What is Common Sense.
Often described as a "firm league of friendship," this 1781 governing document lacked the power for federal taxation, had no unified currency, and could not regulate trade, eventually leading to its replacement in 1789.
What is the Articles of Confederation?