CH2 Road to Revolution American Revolution and forming of the government
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| 921337531 | French Indian War | a war between England (and Colonists) and France (and Native Americans) (The British wanted to take french land and fur trade in French America. the Indians sided with France for fear that they would take their land) | 0 | |
| 921337532 | the Proclomation of 1763 | It prohibited American immigration past the Appalachian Mountains (after French-Indian war, Britain was having money trouble, and by not encroaching on Indian homeland, they figured they could avoid another war, but with the natives) | 1 | |
| 921337533 | Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, the message was that it was common sense that America break away from britain and was particularly successful, especially with middle and lower class colonists | 2 | |
| 921337534 | The Sugar Act | A law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shippped to the colonies, also called harsh punishment of smugglers. | 3 | |
| 921337535 | The Stamp Act | a law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and playing cards | 4 | |
| 921337536 | The Townshed Acts | placed duties on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea | 5 | |
| 921337537 | The Declaratory Act | Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" | 6 | |
| 921337538 | The Intolerable Acts | Created to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. These restrictions led to more anger towards Great Britain. It consisted of the Port Bill, the Quartering Act, limits on town meetings, and British officials being tried in Great Britain for crimes committed in the colonies. | 7 | |
| 921337539 | The Quartering Act | Colonists were forced to feed and house British soldiers if necessary. Colonists were angry because they violated their privacy and the security of their homes. | 8 | |
| 921337540 | Accomplishments of the first Continental Congress | -Decided to boycott all British goods and not to export to the UK -Protested Intollerable Acts -Formed Militia | 9 | |
| 921337541 | Accomplishments of the second Continental Congress | -Appointed George Washington as head of the military -Wrote Declaration of Independence | 10 | |
| 921337542 | The Four Parts of The Declaration of Independence | 1. Preamble (States why independence is necessary) 2. Declaration of Natural Rights (States what the colonists believed to be Natural rights of all (white) men (not women though...)) 3. List of Grievances (A list of things that the colonists didn't like about the British rule) 4. Resolution of Independence (States independence from Britain) | 11 | |
| 921337543 | other names for a Loyalist | Tories, King's Men, Royalists, Redcoats | 12 | |
| 921337544 | Militia | Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | 13 | |
| 921337545 | Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence | 14 | |
| 921337546 | Patriots | American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won | 15 | |
| 921350314 | Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence. | 16 | |
| 921354141 | Taxation without Representation | forcing people to pay taxes when they have no say in the making of the laws | 17 | |
| 921360272 | Boston Tea Party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor | 18 | |
| 921362031 | Boston Massacre | The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans | 19 | |
| 921400083 | boycott | refusal to buy or sell certain products or services | 20 | |
| 921400084 | Battle of Bunker Hill | first major battle of the American Revolution; took place outside Boston | 21 | |
| 921400085 | Paul Revere | silversmith from Boston who is usually credited with warning minutemen "The British are Coming!" | 22 | |
| 921400086 | Lexington and Concord | first shots of the American Revolution were fired here | 23 | |
| 921400087 | Pontiac's Rebellion | a 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area. | 24 | |
| 921400088 | Committees of Correspondence (Sam Adams) | organized network for passing along news of British activity to the colonies. | 25 | |
| 921400089 | Sons of Liberty | Early group of revolutionaries that shame colonists for cooperation with the British. They used the press very wisely and decided that parliaments laws were irrelevant. | 26 | |
| 921400090 | Albany Plan of Union | an American colonial response to the French. This gave American Congress the right to carry out diplomatic relations with the Native American tribes, control public territory, raise an army, and tax colonial citizens. However, was not accepted. | 27 |
