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its impact included the undermining of traditional church authorities, and perhaps established authorities in general
What is the First Great Awakening?
Colonial protests against Parliamentary taxation was rooted in this violation of traditional English liberties
What is no taxation without representation?
Ideas from this intellectual movement were used to justify opposition and later independence from England
What is the Enlightenment?
Demonstrated that colonial militia could stand and fight effectively against professional British troops - It forced British commanders to recognize that suppressing the rebellion would require a longer, and more expensive military campaign than they had anticipated
What is Bunker Hill?
During the Revolution, many women supported the Patriot cause by doing this
What is producing goods and supplies/domestic manufacturing?
victories in New Jersey that encourage many of Washington's men to re-enlist at the start of 1777
What are Trenton and Princeton?
Attempts at imperial control increased following the end of this in 1763
What is the French & Indian War?
Argued in Jan 1776 that connection to England was not necessary for the colonies' prosperity, as their goods could 'fetch' a good price anywhere
What is Common Sense?
Two battles in Oct 1777 that lead to the French alliance
What are Germantown & Saratoga?
The Revolutionary era helped popularize this ideal that women should educate children & husbands to be good citizens, aka this
What is republican motherhood?
One shared characteristic between the colonies of Rhode Island & Pennsylvania
What is lack of an established church?
What is the British East India Trading Company?
Governments are formed to protect basic rights, and people are obliged to obey the govt so long as this is done
disrupted Britain’s plan to use Southern Loyalist support to regain control of the Carolinas and forced Cornwallis to continue pursuing American forces under increasingly difficult conditions.
What is King's Mountain?
In northern states, emancipation after the Revolution generally occurred in this manner
What is gradual emancipation?
Maryland, the final holdout, only gave its assent to THIS once other states agreed to surrender their western land claims to Congress
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Passed to restore British authority, and discourage other colonies from further resistance to imperial policy
What are the Intolerable Acts?
At this meeting, reps. from 12 colonies (once again) deny Parliament's authority over all internal matters, but do consent to Parliament's international trade regulations if they are 'bona fide;
The losses at this North Carolina battle weaken Cornwallis' severely weaken Corwallis' army, and contribute to his decision to move into Virginia to await reinforcement from General Clinton in New York
What is Guilford Courthouse?
First Northern state to pass a gradual abolition law in 1780, often used a model by others
What is Pennsylvania?
Revolutionary ideas about legal equality and individual liberties put this institution on the defensive beginning with the AMREV
What is slavery?
networks formed in the 1760s-70 to coordinate intercolonial resistance to British policy
The below was written in 1765 at THIS MEETING of NINE colonies:
That the only representatives of the people of these colonies, are persons chosen therein by themselves, and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them, but by their respective legislatures.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
effectively destroyed Britain’s political will to continue fighting in North America - convinced many British leaders that defeating the Americans would require far more troops, money, and time than Britain was willing to commit
What is Yorktown?
These 3 revolutions (late 18th and early 19th centuries) partially took their inspiration from the success of the AMREV
What are the French, Haitian, and Creole Revolutions?