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Cause: French and Indian War
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Effect: British taxed colonists to pay war debt |
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Effect: angered the colonist so they created the Stamp Act Congress |
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What is the slogan referring to the colonists not having representation in parliment? |
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No Taxation without Representation |
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Declaration of Indpendence view on equality |
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All men (everyone) are created equal |
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Rights that cannot be taken away
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
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Author of Declaration of Independence |
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Jefferson said the government gets its powers from... |
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When was the Declaration signed? |
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wanted the colonies to go to war for their independence |
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Samual Adams organized what group? |
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written to convince the colonists that is was common sense that they should be their own country |
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"Shot Heard Round' the World" |
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Advantages the American soldiers had over the British |
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Familiarty with the land, reason for fighting, support from the French |
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Advantages the British had over the American soldiers |
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Better trained soldiers, larger army |
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Ended the Revolutionary War and America was recognized to be its own country by Great Britain |
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Close Port of Boston
Took away representative government
officials were not tried in Great Britain |
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Effect: 1st Continental Congress |
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Cause: Second Continental Congress |
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Effect: Declaration of Independence |
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First major battle of the revolution |
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Importance of Trenton and Princeton |
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Final Battle of the Revolution |
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Tax on all paper products |
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Colonists were required to house British soldiers and provide them with food, blankets, etc... |
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Cause: Pontiac's Rebillion |
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Effect: Proclamation of 1763 |
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What is No Taxation without Representation? |
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The colonists did not have a representative in the British Parliment. They felt it was unfair to be taxed by Parliment if they did not have a voice in government. |
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British officers could search ships, colonists saw this as an invasion of privacy |
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