ideas of human rights, political rights, education and legal rights; a new sense of self
What are 3 ideas women developed after the Revolutionary War?
100
"...unlawful search and seizure..."
What is a quote by James Otis?
100
They were a driving force behind some of the first colonial boycotts of British goods.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
100
A confrontation between colonists and British troops in Boston that left five Boston workers dead when panicky troops fired into a crowd.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
Commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
200
majority rule/lack of representation; standing armies without consent; cutting off trade; taxation without representation; no due process (trial by jury)
What are 5 grievances American revolutionaries expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
200
A pamphlet that presented the American colonists with a powerful argument for independence from British rule.
What is "Common Sense"?
200
They wove "homespun" clothing for themselves and their families during the colonial boycotts of British goods.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
200
A direct British tax on a wide variety of printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
He warned the Patriots in Lexington and Concord of the British advance from Boston.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
It was the turning point of the war; France agreed to enter the war and fight until the Americans won their independence; neither country would sign a truce or peace treaty without the consent of the other.
What is the significance of the battle at Saratoga?
300
"Remember that all men would be tyrants if they could..."
What a quote by Abigail Adams?
300
Those who supported the cause of North American independence in the American Revolution.
What is a Patriot?
300
It gave a monopoly of tea to the East India Tea Company (a British company) for trade in America.
What is the Tea Act?
300
Wrote letters that were filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics.
Who is Abigail Adams?
400
middle-class; individualistic; belief in equality; ability to overcome hardship; human intellect could master nature
What were the American colonial's social beliefs during the Revolutionary War?
400
John Locke's beliefs that people will do the right thing as a group, and that all people have natural rights; government should protect the lives, liberty, and property of those who live within it.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
400
The derisive nickname given to the colonists who remained loyal to Britain; they were often referred to as Tories.
What is a Loyalist?
400
They were search warrants that allowed British officers to seek goods in places they entered.
What are the Writs of Assistance?
400
He published the influential pamphlet Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
Declared that all manufactured goods must first land on an English port, then reshipped to America in English vessels.
What are the Navigation Laws?
500
"From the day on which an accommodation takes place between England and America,....I shall date the ruin of this country."
What is a quote by Samuel Adams?
500
They were a group of delegates that met with the purpose of getting England to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
What is the Continental Congress?
500
Closed Boston Harbor until tea was paid; colonials were tried in English courts instead of American courts; British troops were housed in colonial homes; self-government was limited in Massachusetts
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
500
A Founding Father; helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution