The War
This side had a vastly superior military and navy.
The British
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Natural Rights
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut were considered ________________ colonies. (Southern, Middle, New England)
New England.
The British created a monopoly of this product and heavily taxed it...
Tea Act
This group of people came here because they were forced to work on plantations.
Enslaved Africans
Primarily consisted of militia groups that were scattered with no central command.
The Americans
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
Social Contract
Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina were __________ colonies (northern, southern, middle)
Southern
Tax on everything paper...
Stamp Act
Came here to pursue religious freedom that they did not have back in England.
Puritans
This Battle was the 'turning point' of the American Revolution that caused the French to also join sides of the Americans...
Battle of Saratoga
“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States”
Separation of Powers
What were TWO of the main economic drivers of the New England colonies.
Timber, Shipbuilding, Fishing.
The British fought the French and Native Americans in this major event.... this event caused massive debt the British would force the colonists to pay off with taxes.
French and Indian War.
Came to the American colonies to make money immediately through trade and mercantalism.
Merchants
The battles also called 'the shot heard around the world' that began the war.
Concord and Lexington
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”
Natural Rights
What were TWO of the main economic drivers of southern colonies?
Cotton, indigo, rice, etc.
This boundary was created to keep American Colonists out of the Northwest Territory which was given to the French....
Proclamation Line of 1763
Gave up their rights in the present and worked for free in exchange for transportation to the American colonies to eventually live a free life.
Indentured Servants
Final battle of the American Revolution that was the surrender of the British.
Battle of Yorktown
“...that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government…”
Social Contract
The main economic driver of the Middle Colonies was....
Iron and wheat products.
Acts that were designed to punish the people of Boston... The Quartering Act is an example of this.
Intolerable Acts
Define a push factor and a pull factor
Push: Pushing you away from some sort of situation typically negative.
Pull: Pulling you toward a situation typically positive.