Acts
This 1765 law required paper goods like legal documents, playing cards, and newspapers to carry a tax stamp.
The Stamp Act
The year the French and Indian War ended.
1763
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in 1775.
George Washington
The conflict between France and Great Britain that left Britain with massive national debt.
The French & Indian War
The term for colonists who supported independence versus those who wanted to stay loyal to the British.
Patriots and Loyalists
Passed in 1767, this set of laws placed taxes on everyday imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
The Townshend Act
The year the Boston Massacre took place.
1770
He wrote the 1776 pamphlet Common Sense urging colonists to break away from Great Britain.
Thomas Paine
The 1773 protest where colonists disguised themselves and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
The 100-year British policy of loose enforcement that allowed colonies to govern themselves before 1763.
Salutary Neglect
This act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense.
The Quartering Act
The year the Sons of Liberty staged the Boston Tea Party.
1773
Enlightenment philosopher whose theory of Natural Rights (Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness) heavily influenced American leaders.
John Locke
Battles known as the "shot heard 'round the world" that started the Revolutionary War.
Lexington & Concord
Name 2 major advantage Great Britain held over the American colonies at the start of the war.
Larger & more experienced army.
More money.
Powerful Navy.
Manufacturing to make war supplies.
Passed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, these laws closed Boston Harbor and suspended local colonial government.
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
The year the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia.
1774
The King of Great Britain who rejected colonial petitions and declared the colonies in open rebellion.
King George III
The meeting where delegates from 12 colonies gathered to form a unified response to British policies.
First Continental Congress
Name 2 major military advantage held by the American Continental Army.
Familiarity with the environment.
Commitment to win the war.
Short supply lines.
Defensive strategy to outlast the British.
This act gave the East India Company special concessions in the colonial tea business and shut out colonial tea merchants.
The Tea Act
The year armed conflict officially began at Lexington & Concord.
1775
He argued that power should not be in the hands of a king and should be separated amongst government branches
Montesquieu
The 1776 document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, that officially declared the 13 colonies free from British rule.
The Declaration of Independence
The famous colonial rally cry expressing anger over being taxed by a British Parliament where they had no elected voice or vote.
"No Taxation Without Representation"