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Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine which made clear arguments on why the colonists should fight for freedom and become independent from England. -
The Navigation Acts aimed to restrict colonial trade by only allowing English ships to trade or transport goods. -
Committees of Correspondence was an underground system for colonists to communicate with their agents in London. -
The Proclamation of 1763 did not allow Anglo Americans to settle in French lands after the French and Indian War. -
The end of Salutary Neglect was an unofficial term for relaxed and unrestricted laws in the colonies. It ended after the French and Indian War and was one of the main causes of the revolution. -
The Sugar Act was a tax place on sugar and other molasses from the Caribbean. This heavily angered the colonists and was a main cause for the revolution. -
A tax by the British to the American colonists and it placed a tax on paper goods -
The Sons of Liberty were a secret society of men created to uphold the colonists rights and to oppose Great Britain and its taxes. -
Lexington and Concord were the battles that marked the start of the revolution. -
The Boston Massacre was an event that took place in Boston in 1770 that involved a group of British soldiers firing into a mob of colonists killing five and wounding another six. -
The Townshend Acts were a mix of taxes and regulations placed on imports such as glass, lead, paper, and tea when being transported to the colonies from England. -
The Boston Tea Party was an event that involved the colonists throwing 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor in opposition to the Tea Act. -
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed to punish Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. These laws included the Boston Port bill, the Massachusetts Government Act, and the Administration of Justice Act. -
The First Continental Congress declared that all colonists have the same right as Englishmen. -
“Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech was a speech by Patrick Henry that declared that the colonists should fight for their Liberty and freedom because death would be better than no freedom. -
The Olive Branch Petition was a last ditch effort to avoid a war by the colonists declaring their loyalty to the British crown. -
The Second Continental Congress was another meeting held to discuss important topics such as how to deal with Britain's great military. -
The Declaration of Independence was a document send to King George declaring The United States as an independent country.