Colonial Governance
What was the name of the rejected proposal to unite the colonies?
Albany Plan of Union
This act required that a stamp be placed on paper items and documents
Stamp Act
Finish the saying by the Sons of Liberty: "No taxation _________________"
Without representation
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Announced that the American colonies were no longer under British control.
This treaty officially ended the war.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
What war took place between 1754 and 1763 in the Ohio River Valley?
French and Indian War
This act placed a tax on sugars, coffee, wine, and silk.
Sugar Act
This announcement told the colonists they were not able to settle West of the Appalachian Mountains. This angered the colonists.
Proclamation of 1763
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
Who said "Remember the Ladies"?
Abigail Adams
What was the European intellectual movement that inspired ideas of self-government and the Declaration of Independence? (Hint: John Locke)
Enlightenment
Quartering Act
American colonists dressed as Mohawk Native Americans and threw 342 crates of British tea into Boston Harbor.
What does “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” mean?
Power of government belongs to the people?
Name two people involved with writing the Declaration of Independence.
ANY OF:
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
This document was written by the Pilgrims as they traveled to America. Established ideas of self-government.
Mayflower Compact
Townshend Act
Glass, lead, paper, paint, tea
Paul Revere's drawing of this event is an example of propaganda, since it is biased and only shows one side.
The Boston Massacre
What are grievances?
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
This group was the first legislative body in the colonies and was impactful for self-government in America.
Virginia House of Burgesses
Acts that were put into place as a response to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
Thomas Paine
Common Sense
When can the people abolish their government?
When the government becomes too powerful/does not protect the rights of its people.
Name one battle from the American Revolution and why it is important
Lexington and Concord: First battle
Bunker Hill: Many British casualties
Trenton: Restored hope for the colonies; Washington crossing the Delaware
Saratoga: French join the colonists; turning point in the war
Yorktown: British surrender