Proclamation act of 1763
Results of French and Indian War
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Men went on East India Company ships and dumped out tea
Common Sense
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Saratoga
Quebec Act
Gave Civil Government to Roman Catholics in Canada, gave them political rights, and recognized their legality
Non-Importation Association
Protest against Townshend Revenue Act and boycott English goods by Boston merchants and traders
Virtual Representation
British Parliament members virtually represented British colonists by speaking for all instead of the district they came from
Elected members represent the country, not individuals/region
Stamp Act Congress
Colonists who protested the Stamp Act, saying that the Parliament couldn’t tax them without their consent
Declaratory Act
Parliament could make laws restricting colonies “in all cases whatsoever”
Sons of Liberty
Protested against Stamp through the use of petitions, assemblies, and propaganda
Daughters of Liberty
Women in anti-British riots in 1760s said that rather than freedom, they would part with their tea
John Locke and Theory of Government and Rights
Government promotes public good and protects citizens life, liberty, and the right of property
Lexington and Concord
First battle of Revolution (shot heard around the world)
French Aid
Supplied Americans via navy and weapons
Yorktown
Cornwallis surrender on Oct. 17, 1781, leading to outcries in England to stop the war
Treaty of Paris
1783, Southern Canada to North of Florida and Atlantic to Mississippi
Articles of Confederation
Early State Constitutions
Shay’s Rebellion
Daniel Shay with farmers demanded paper money, tax relief, and abolition of jail for debt
- Added urgency for new national constitution