US History American Revolution

life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

What are natural rights?

Great Awakening

Religious movement in Europe and the colonies

George Whitefield

English preacher of the Great Awakening

Stamp Act

Tax on newspapers, pamphlets, and legal documents

Quartering Act

Law that required colonists to feed and shelter British troops

Townsend Act

tax on lead, paper, tea, paint, glass

Boston Massacre

an incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people

Crispus Attucks

A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at the Boston Massacre.

Boston Tea Party

colonists dressed as native Americans, boarded British ship, dumped tea into sea

Proclamation of 1763

...forbid American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

Saratoga

turning point battle of the Revolution that convinced France to openly help the Americans

Benedict Arnold

U.S. army general in the Revolutionary War who later turned traitor

Intolerable Acts

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

Yorktown

Final battle of American Revolution; support from France was important;Cornwallis surrenders

Thomas Paine

Author of Common Sense

Rebel

Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, urged colonists to

John Locke

believed in self government/self rule and the rights of life, liberty, and property.

Rebel

John Lock believed if a government did not protect individual rights it was your obligation to

Benjamin Franklin

negotiated a treaty of alliance with France

George Washington

leader of the continental army

He understood when to retreat when his forces were outnumbered.

What strategy was used by George Washington in order to win the Revolutionary War?

Patriots, loyalists, and neutrals

The American colonies were divided into what three groups?

Patriots

What group wanted a war with England?

loyalists(Tories)

What group remained loyal to England?

John Locke and Thomas Jefferson

Who believed in natural rights?

British and colonies vs French and the Indians

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

Treaty of Paris

ended the Revolutionary War

The Indians were doomed

The idea of anti-slavery in the North

A strong sense of patriotism

the idea of "all men are created equal"

Impacts of the revolution include:

fighting on home turf

many officers fought alongside the British in the French and Indian War

It was an unpopular war in England

What factors contributed to the victory of the American rebels?

The following picture represents what problem at the beginning of the American Revolution?

The colonists were not united.

The American Revolution began with a battle between the British and colonists at

Lexington-Concorde

The Declaration of Independence reflects the ideas of

Locke and Paine

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

Patriot resistance group that organized against the British before the Revolutionary War

Who surrendered at Yorktown?

General Cornwallis

Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?

Patrick Henry

Why did many Americans want a war with England?

Many Americans believed that their rights/liberties were being taken away by the British government.

Many Americans/colonists believed that the quartering act, martial law, and the closing of Boston Harbor were violations of their rights.

What state was not present at the Continental Congress?

Georgia

What did Thomas Paine urge many colonists to do?

rebel

What made the English take a more active role in America?

The French and Indian War

Where were the first shots of the American Revolution?

Lexington-Concorde

What event laid the foundation for the American Revolution?

The Great Awakening

What ideas were given to colonists by the Enlightenment?

Natural rights

Consent of the governed

Social Contract

Ordered liberty

Separation of Church and State

Separation of Powers

What treaty ended the French and Indian War?

Treaty of Paris

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