Analyze causes of the American Revolution, including The Proclamation of 1763, the Intolerable Acts, The Stamp Act, mercantilism, lack of representation in parliament, and British economic policies following the French and Indian War. Analyze reasons for and the impact of selected examples of civil disobedience in the U.S. history such as the Boston Tea Party
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| 1348918801 | Why were the colonists taxed by the British government? | Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War. | 1 | |
| 1348918802 | What war was going on that caused the British to feel the need to tax the colonists? | French and Indian War | 2 | |
| 1348918803 | Who won the French and Indian War? | The British | 3 | |
| 1348918804 | French and Indian War | Looking at the territories on this map, which war is represented here? |  | 4 |
| 1348918805 | Britain wanted to avoid conflict with Native Americans, so Colonists were forbidden to cross the Appalachian Mountains. | Proclamation of 1763 | 5 | |
| 1348918806 | The British tax on legal documents, newspapers, wills, and basically every piece of paper used was called what? | Stamp Act | 6 | |
| 1348918807 | How did the colonial congress react to the Stamp Act? | They organize a boycott | 7 | |
| 1348918808 | Was the Stamp Act repealed? | yes | 8 | |
| 1348918809 | What British document allowed British tax collectors to search American property without a search warrant? (for any reason) | Writs of Assistance | 9 | |
| 1348918810 | What are the Writs of Assistance? | Customs officers could search ships at will. | 10 | |
| 1348918811 | What is a customs officer? | A law enforcement agent that enforces the laws concerning taxes on imported or exported items. | 11 | |
| 1348918812 | Colonists had to provide food, housing, blankets, candles, etc. for the British soldiers. | Quartering Acts | 12 | |
| 1348918813 | Colonists did not feel they should be paying taxes to a government that was not hearing their voice. This is called? | No taxation without representation! | 13 | |
| 1348918814 | When British soldiers fired on a rioting mob in a Boston square this became known as what? | Boston Massacre | 14 | |
| 1348918815 | Boston Massacre | What is this an image of? |  | 15 |
| 1348918816 | What part of the Townshend Act was NOT repealed? | The tax on tea. | 16 | |
| 1348918817 | What act continued the tax on tea that the Townshend Act had started? | Tea Act | 17 | |
| 1348918818 | What is a boycott? | To reject something | 18 | |
| 1348918819 | Why was the East India Trading Company important to the British Parliament? | This company was a critical part of the British economy. | 19 | |
| 1348918820 | How do the colonists respond to the Tea Act? | The Boston Tea Party | 20 | |
| 1348918821 | The Boston Tea Party is an example of? | civil disobedience | 21 | |
| 1348918822 | How does the British government respond to the Boston Tea Party? | The Intolerable Acts | 22 | |
| 1348918823 | What port was closed as a result of the Intolerable Acts? | Port of Boston | 23 | |
| 1348918824 | Who was tried in Great Britain as a result of the Intolerable Acts? | Custom Officials | 24 | |
| 1348918825 | The colonial reaction to the Intolerable Acts is? | The First Continental Congress | 25 | |
| 1348918826 | What did the First Continental Congress send the British Parliament? | A Declaration of Rights protesting the Intolerable Acts | 26 | |
| 1348918827 | Who participated in dumping the some 90,000 pounds of tea at the Boston Tea Party? | The Sons of Liberty | 27 | |
| 1348918828 | pontiacs rebellion | Native American revolt against the British colonies | 28 | |
| 1348918829 | Age of Enlightenment | an intellectual and scientific movement of 18th century Europe which was characterized by a rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues | 29 | |
| 1348918830 | sons of liberty | Organized and controlled resistance against parliamentary acts in less violent ways Sam Adams and John Hancock | 30 | |
| 1348918831 | Battle at Lexington and Concord | first battle of American Revolution | 31 | |
| 1348918832 | common sense | 1776: a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation | 32 | |
| 1348918833 | george washington | was made Commander of the Continental Army byt the 2nd Continental Congress | 33 | |
| 1348918834 | Declaration of Independence | 1776 document written by Thomas Jefferson outlining reasons for the colonies to break the ties with England | 34 | |
| 1348918835 | guerilla warfare | type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy | 35 | |
| 1348918836 | valley forge | ..., Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutriton, Steuben comes and trains troops | 36 | |
| 1348918837 | Virginia Plan | "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation. | 37 | |
| 1348918838 | New Jersey Plan | A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress | 38 | |
| 1348918839 | The Great Compromise | A state's representation in the House of Representation would be based on population; Two senators for each state; all bills would originate in the house; direct taxes on states were to be assessed according to population | 39 | |
| 1348918840 | 3/5 compromise | A compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives. | 40 | |
| 1348918841 | prime meridian | 0 degrees longitude | 41 | |
| 1348918842 | longtitude | imaginary lines going north to south | 42 | |
| 1348918843 | Asia Across Bering Straits | Native American came from | 43 | |
| 1348918844 | long house | large house built by Indians in which eight or ten families lived | 44 | |
| 1348918845 | henry hudson | An English explorer who explored for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland. He also had the Hudson Bay named for him | 45 | |
| 1348918846 | conquistador | A Spanish conqueror of the Americas | 46 | |
| 1348918847 | patroon | Landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land | 47 | |
| 1348918848 | Mayflower Compact | 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. | 48 | |
| 1348918849 | William Penn | A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution. | 49 | |
| 1348918850 | House of Buresses | assembly of delecates from distracts of Virginia that acted as advisory of the govenor of the colony | 50 | |
| 1348918851 | Middle Passage | A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies | 51 | |
| 1348918852 | four middle colonies | Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania | 52 | |
| 1348918853 | New England Colonies | Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire | 53 | |
| 1348918854 | Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia | 54 | |
| 1348918855 | triangular trade group | -trading through new england, england, and the west indies | 55 | |
| 1348918856 | John Orgel Thorpe | established Georgia for religious freedon | 56 |
