Land Conflicts
This region west of the Appalachian Mountains caused conflict between Britain, colonists, and Native nations.
Ohio River Valley
This economic system required colonies to benefit the mother country.
Mercantilism
This event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
These were the first battles of the American Revolution.
Lexington and Concord
A colonist who supported independence from Britain.
Patriot
The main cause of the French & Indian War.
Competition for land in the Ohio River Valley
These laws controlled colonial trade and required goods to be shipped on British ships.
Navigation Acts
This violent confrontation between colonists and British soldiers occurred in 1770.
Boston Massacre
Why did British troops march to Lexington and Concord?
To seize colonial weapons
A colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain.
Loyalist
This law prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation Line of 1763
Why did Britain begin taxing the colonies after the French & Indian War?
To pay off war debt
What was propaganda used for during the Revolution?
To influence people’s opinions and emotions
What were colonial militias preparing for by 1775?
War with Britain
A person who bought land hoping it would become more valuable.
Land Speculator
Why did Britain create the Proclamation Line of 1763?
To reduce conflict between colonists and Native nations
Colonists protested taxes using this phrase.
No taxation without representation
This famous engraving helped spread anger after the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere’s engraving
Why did fighting make independence more likely?
Colonists were already at war with Britain
Laws passed to control colonial trade.
Navigation Acts
Why did colonists become angry about the Proclamation Line?
It prevented them from moving west and gaining land.
Why did many colonists believe British trade policies were unfair?
Colonists had no representation in Parliament and/or Britain controlled colonial trade
How did Britain punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
What major document was written in 1776 explaining colonial independence?
Declaration of Independence
Harsh laws passed to punish Massachusetts.
Intolerable Acts