history

1492

christopher colombus

1517

reformation(catholic)

1533

English church (Church of England) started bc the king wanted a new wife

1607

First english settlement(jamestown)

1620

Pilgrims land at plymouth rock. Mayflower agreement

1630

purtians arrive massachusetts bay colony (“Like a city on a hill)

1681-82

Philly, PA is founded

1756-1763

French & Indian war

1764-1767

sugar, stamp, townshend Act. (taxes on all paper products, and sugar/wine)

1770

Boston massacre(5 died, crispus attucks, john adams is a lawyer)

1773

boston tea party(caused the coercive acts*intolerable act*)

1774

First continental congress(meeting of colonial representative in response to coercive act)

1775

Battle at Lexington&Concord(first battle of war, “shots around around the world)

1776

DOI(colonies declaring independence from britian)

1777

Battle of Saratoga(turning point where french decided to side with americans)

1781

Battle of yorktown(Last battle of war)

1783

treaty of paris(offically ended the war, american recogonized as a country)

1775

2nd continental congress

What empires were competing with England?

french, spanish, dutch,

What forces cultivated the American revolt?  (How did we get here?)

the stamp,sugar, townshend acts,

Is it a revolution or a civil war? Why is it more correct to say it was a revolution?

both but more correct for revolution bc the colonists fought to break away and form a nation nation rather than take over british empire

in the 1740s the british and french both became interested in ?

the ohio river

the ______________ was a meeting in 1754 of colonial delegates and iroquois leaders

albany conference

the albany plan of union proposed that the colonies unite to form a ?

federal government

in the spring of 1763 __________ chief of the ottawa people decided to go to war against the british

pontiac

the american revenue act of 1764 better known as the __________ changed the tax rates for imported raw sugar and molasses

sugar act

james otis argued that the colonists could not be taxed to pay for _______because they had no representation in parliament

british programs

in order to slow down inflation parliament passed the ___________________ which banned the use of paper money in the colonies

currency act of 1764

the stamp act which required stamps to be placed on most ______________ was the first direct tax britian had placed on the colonists

printed material

the revenue act legalized ___________ general search warrants that enabled customs officers to ener any location to look for evidence of smuggling

writs of assistance

in may 1769, virginias house of burgesses passed the __________ stating that only the house could tax the virginians

virginia resolves

the ________________occured after a crowd of colonists began taunting and throwing snowballs at a british soldier guarding a customs house

boston massacre

thomas jefferson suggested that each colony create a _____________________________ to communicate with the other colonies about british activities

committee of correspondence

the corecive acts passed in 1774 was intended to punish _______________ for the boston tea party abd ebd colonial challenges to british authority

massachusettes

the coercive acts violated many traditional english rights incuding the right to trial by ____________

a jury of one’s peers

the ____________expressed loyalty to the king but condemned the coercive acts

declaration

americans who backed ________________were known as loyalists or tories

the british side

many backcountry _________regarded the king as their protector against the planters abd merchants who trolled the local governments

farmers

by may 1775, militia troops had surrounded ________trapping the british inside

boston

the second continental congress adopted the militia army and named it the _____________

continental army

the ___________________ showed that the colonial militia could stand up to one of the world’s most feared armies

battle of bunker hill

the______________________________________ stated that the colonies were still loyal to George III and asked him to call off the hostilities and resolve the situation peacefully.

olive branch petition

unable to reach a compromise with britian, __________________________ increasingly began to act like an independent government

the second continental congress

governer dunmore of virginia proclaimed that ___________ enslaved by rebels would be freed if they fought for the loyalists

Africans

thomas paine’s ______argued that for the king georgem was a tyrant sand that it was a time to delcare independence from britiian

pamphlet (common sense)

how many authors of DOI and who is main author

5 authors but thomas jefferson is main author

who is the first to sign DOI and the biggest

John Hancock

franklin said what ?

“we must all hang together or we shall hang seperately”

DOI is signed by how many people?

50-56

jefferson used what ideas?

he used the enlightment ideas of john locke

what ideas did jefferson use?

1. people are born with certain natural rights (life, liberty, property——>changed to pursuit of happiness)

2. people form governments to protect these rights

3. if government interfers with these rights, the people can overthrow the government

the government _________ rights not _______rights

protects right not give rights

unalienable meaning

cant be taking away

how many grievences(compliants)?

27

what is the main idea of DOI

governments should be based on the consent of the governed

what is the main purpose of DOI

justify the the colonists revolts against england