Tyranny
This is the right that the British fought against giving the colonists during the American Revolution.
What is the right to self-govern?
He was the Virginia royal governor who issued a proclamation in 1775 offering freedom to enslaved people who would fight for the British.
Who is Lord Dunmore?
The ideas in this pamphlet helped convinced the Colonists to fight for independence.
What is Common Sense?
These passengers were the non-religious colonists aboard the Mayflower.
Who were the Strangers?
This act was the last straw, causing the colonists to boycott British goods and escalating tensions between North America and Britain.
What is the Stamp Act?
These were places colonists met to discuss local issues like taxes within the colonies and salaries for public workers.
What are town meetings?
This Enlightenment idea says that governments should protect the rights of people, and people should agree to be governed.
What is the social contract?
This is the year the first enslaved people arrived in North America.
When is 1619?
This event caused the death of 5 Bostonians at the hands of the British.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was the first representative government formed in Virgina.
What is the House of Burgesses?
These are things, guaranteed by our Creator, that cannot be taken away (according to the Declaration's authors).
What are unalienable rights?
This is a term that describes the refusal to purchase certain goods as a form of protest.
What is a boycott?
This conflict was the justification for heavy taxes imposed by Britain; to pay off the debt for this.
What is the French and Indian war?
This was an early agreement representing self-governance between those aboard the ship that arrived in Plymouth in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This religious movement emphasized a personal relationship with God and spiritual equality.
What is the Great Awakening?
This group wanted to fully separate from the church of England, and founded a colony in New England based on their own religious principles.
Who are the Separatists/Pilgrims?