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Offered by Benjamin Franklin, it was an ambitious plan for a permanent union of the colonies.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
Passed in 1764, designed to cut the tax on foreign molasses in half to encourage Americans to buy them more
What was the sugar act?
The wife of John Adams, played a huge role in the women's rights movement.
Who is Abigail Adams?
Armed citizens who serve as soldiers during emergencys
What is a Militia?
More than 70 British soldiers dead, and more than 170 wounded. Partially started the Revolutionary War
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
A treaty, signed in France to end the Seven Year's War in Europe
What was the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
Passed by the British Parliament in 1765, this law placed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials
What was the stamp act?
A political professor, wrote the Natural Rights
Who is John Locke?
Trapping and surrounding your enemy to leave them with no supplies and food to survive
What is a siege?
In March 5, 1770, 5 colonists were left dead by British soldiers after a crowd threatened them.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Written by the political professor John Locke, it maintained that citizens had a right to rebel against their government
What was Natural Rights?
Created to save the East India Company. This act retained the import tax on tea
What was the Tea Act?
A philoshoper, wrote the social contract theory
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
The highest official of a parliamentary government
What is a prime minister?
In the spring of 1763, the Ottowa, Huron, Potawatomi, and other Indians rebelled against the British
What is the Pontiac's Rebellion?
Written by Thomas Paine in 1776, this was an important document that expressed both levels of the Revolution.
What was Common Sense?
Also called the Coercive Acts. This act targeted a series of punitive acts towards Massachusets
What were the Intolerable Acts?
An artisan, wrote the common sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
A European movement that emphasized improving society through science
What is the Enlightment?
in 1775, 1,100 British soldiers were killed or wounded in this battle, despite the British victory
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Written by the Congress in 1776, this was a statement of the reasons for the separation of the colonies with Britain
What was the Declaration of Independence?
Used to collect import taxes on lead, paper, tea, paint, and glass. Used to support British troops
What were the Townshend Acts?
Offered the idea of Albany Plan of Union, one of the Founding Fathers of the US
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Refusal to buy certain products or use certain services as an act of protest
What is a boycott?
In 1776, a battle with only 5 American Casualties. Nearly the Entire Hessian was captured
What is the Battle of Trenton?