French and Indian War
These two European countries fought each other in the French and Indian War
What are Britain and France?
This was a period when Britain loosely enforced many trade laws and allowed the colonies considerable freedom to manage local affairs.
What is Salutary Neglect?
Refusing to buy or use goods or services to show disagreement.
What is a Boycott?
At this meeting, delegates agreed to protest British policies, boycott British goods, and meet again if their concerns were not addressed.
The First Continental Congress
These beliefs were commonly held by Patriots
What is supporting independence from Britain?
This land was gained from France in North America under the Treaty of Paris
What is Canada and land east of Mississippi River?
This law required printed materials, such as newspapers, legal papers, licenses, and playing cards to have a British stamp.
These people made cloth at home to avoid buying British goods and to support the boycott.
Who are Colonial Women?
These were laws passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts, especially Boston, after the Tea Party.
What are the intolerable acts?
This is what colonists meant when they said "No Taxation without Representation"
Colonists believed Britain should not tax them without allowing their elected representatives to have a voice in Parliament.
The Proclamation of 1763 forbid the colonists from doing this.
What is forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Colonists protested this by boycotting British goods, holding demonstrations, and organizing groups such as the Sons of Liberty.
The Stamp Act?
What is reduced sales of British goods, putting pressure on British merchants and lawmakers?
This was a 1775 petition asking the king to restore peace and protect colonial rights. George III rejected it and declared the colonies in rebellion.
What is the Olive Branch Petition
This belief was commonly held by Loyalists
What is the belief the colonies should remain part of the British Empire and stay loyal to the king?
The drawing of a snake labeled Join or Die
This act taxed goods such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
The Townshend Acts
In this event British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, killing five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This author argued, in his writing Common Sense, the colonies should become independent from Britain and form their own government
These are the inalienable rights from the American Declaration of Independence
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Why did Britain begin taxing the colonies after the French and Indian War?
Britain had taken on large debts during the war and wanted the colonies to help pay the costs of defense.
This law gave the British tea companies advantages in selling tea, threatening colonial merchants who also sold tea.
The Tea Act
In this event colonists protested the Tea Act and its effects on colonial trade and taxation by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Fredrick Douglass, and MLK Jr. all referenced this American document while arguing for their people to have equal rights.
What is the declaration of independence