VOCABULARY
The Seven Years' War
3.2
Taxation without Representation
3.3
Philosophical Foundations 3.4
The American Revolution
3.5
100

Colonial citizens who were against British rule were known as what? 

Patriots

100

Other name for the Seven Years' War

French and Indian War

100

This act required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper, playing cards, and newspaper that they used. 

Stamp Act

100

This movement emphasized reason, science, and the potential of the individual 

The Enlightenment 

100

Other name for the American Revolution

Revolutionary War

200

Colonists who supported and stayed loyal to the British monarchy were known as what?

Loyalists

200

British government issued this______. Prohibited colonial settlement WEST of the Appalachian mountains

Proclamation of 1763

200

This act made it where colonists could not ship sugar and molasses. 

Sugar Act

200

This individual was a prominent Enlightenment thinker in America, who rose from humble beginnigns to becoming a leading statesman

Benjamin Franklin

200

What did the pamphlet, Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine argue for? 

Immediate independence from Britain and the establishment of a republic

300

A riot in Boston arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, where the troops fired on the mobs and killed many. 

Boston Massacre

300

This officially ended the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France

Treaty of Paris of 1763

300

A set of laws passed in order to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. 

Intolerable Acts

300

Which Enlightenment think was frequently cited by colonial leader in their arguments for resistance (ideas on natural rights)

John Locke

300
Name of leader of the Continental Army

George Washington

400

Political activist group who organized protests and boycotts against British goods. 

Sons of Liberty
400

What was an outcome of the Seven Years' War? Hint: Think cause of the AR

Massive debt 

400

An act passed by the British Parliament that required the American colonies to provide housing foods, and other supplies to British soliders. 

Quartering Act

400

How did religious beliefs influence the American Revolution? 

Possible Answers: 

Protestant work ethic and the belief in a covenant with God 

Americans were destined to be free and independent people

Religious leaders often framed the fight for independence in moral and spiritual terms. 


400
Foundational document drafted by Thomas Jefferson, in which it articulated the belief in natural rights as the foundation of government

Declaration of Independence

500

Group of Colonial people who organized and participated in boycotts of British goods and produced homespun cloth as a form of protest against British policies. 

The Daughters of Liberty

500

The growing population of the British colonies pushed into this interior region.

Ohio River Valley 

500

Series of taxation laws on British imported goods such as glass, lead, paper, and tea. 

Townshend Acts

500

The final attempt at reconciliation before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War (but it failed) 

The Olive Branch Petition

500

This battle led to a decisive victory that convinced France to formally ally with the American cause. 

The Battle of Saratoga