Before 1763
The only group who could actually participate in self-government (vote)
White men who own land!!$$$
Not women, African Americans, or poor whites
Paul Revere's graving of the conflict between British soldiers and colonists on Kings Street in Boston was depicting this historical event
The Boston Massacre
This document was adopted at the Second Continental Congress July 4th, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Larger Population
Great Britain
This Battle was known as "the First Shot Heard Around the World" and marked the beginning of the Revolution
Lexington and Concord
The unofficial policy of the British Government that left the colonies alone as long as they remained loyal to the King
Salutary Neglect
This group of protesters led by Sam Adams was often the culprit of a violent form of protest using hot pine tar and feathers
Sons of Liberty
This man wrote a 47-page pamphlet calling for independence called Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Stronger Military
Great Britain
The final battle of the American Revolution
Yorktown
The French and Indian War was fought between the French and Native Americans versus who
The British and their American colonists
taxed official documents, playing cards, and newspapers
The Stamp Act of 1765
Held September 5th, 1774, this meeting called on all of the colonies to boycott British trade
The First Continental Congress
George Washington led the Continental Army
America
At the Battle of Saratoga, a turning point in the war, which nation decided to support the Americans in the war
France
The Proclamation of 1763
Colonists disliked the idea of taxation if they did not have WHAT in the British Parliament
representation
The Continental Army led by George Washington was established at this meeting; probably a good thing after the war had begun a month earlier
The Second Continental Congress
Shipped supplies across the Atlantic
Great Britain
Signed September 3rd, 1783 - this treaty marked the official end of the war and recognized the United States as an independent country
Treaty of Paris
The French and Indian War began over land just beneath the Great Lakes that was called
The Ohio River Valley
The British East India Company's monopoly on tea and resulted in what significant event in history, costing the colonists millions in today's dollars
The Boston Tea Party
April 19th, 1775
Fighting on their own soil and for freedom
America
Describe the territory the U.S. gained as a result of the War (West to East and North to South)
Mississippi River to Atlantic Ocean
Canada to Florida