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| In the times leading up to the American RevolutionÉ | ÉEngland established and attempted to maintain control over the colonies. |
| In what two ways did England impose control over the colonies? | economic and political |
| England's economic relationship with the colonies | England imposed strict control over trade |
| England tried to control the colonies byÉ. | creating strict laws involving trade in the colonies. |
| England's economic relationship with the colonies | England taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War |
| England tax the colonies | After the French and Indian War |
| England's economic relationship with the colonies | Colonies traded raw materials for goods made in England |
| England's political relationship with the colonies | Colonists had to obey English laws that were enforced by governors. |
| Person who enforced English laws in the colonies | Colonial governors |
| England's political relationship with the colonies | Colonial governors were appointed by the king or by the proprietor |
| Person who appointed colonial governors | The King of England or the colonial proprietor |
| England's political relationship with the colonies | A Colonial legislature made laws for each colony but was monitored by the colonial governor |
| Group who made laws for the colonies | Colonial legislatures |
| As England expanded control over the American coloniesÉ | Émany colonists became dissatisfied and rebellious |
| In the American colonies, England's desire to remain a world powerÉ | Éresulted in a conflict with the French known as the French and Indian War. |
| England's reasons for controlling the colonies | England desired/wanted to remain a world power |
| England's reasons for controlling the colonies | England imposed taxes, such as the Stamp Act, to raise necessary revenue (money)) to pay the cost of the French and Indian War. |
| England taxed all paper products in the colonies | the Stamp Act |
| England's reasons for taxing the colonies | To help finance (pay for) the French and Indian War |
| England's reasons for taxing the colonies | To help finance (pay for) the maintenance of English troops in the colonies |
| Sources (reasons) of colonial dissatisfaction | The colonies had no representations in parliament |
| Sources (reasons) of colonial dissatisfaction | Some colonists resented the power of the colonial governors |
| Sources (reasons) of colonial dissatisfaction | England wanted strict control over colonial legislatures |
| Sources (reasons) of colonial dissatisfaction | The colonies opposed the English taxes |
| Sources (reasons) of colonial dissatisfaction | The Proclamation of 1763, which followed the French and Indian War, restricted the western movement of settlers. |
| This restricted the western movement of settlers past the Appalachian Mountains | The Proclamation of 1763 |
| John Locke said that people have... | Énatural rights to life, liberty, and property |
| John Locke said that governmentÉ | is created to protect the rights of people and has only the limited and specific powers the people consent to give it |
| Ideas from John Locke | Expressed in the Declaration of Independence |
| The Declaration of Independence | proclaimed independence from England. |
| The Declaration of Independence stated | people have natural rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| Key philosophies (ideas) in the Declaration of Independence | People have "certain unalienable rights" that cannot be taken away. |
| Unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence | life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| Key philosophies (ideas) in the Declaration of Independence | People establish government to protect those unalienable rights |
| Key philosophies (ideas) in the Declaration of Independence | Government derives (gets its) power from the people |
| Key philosophies (ideas) in the Declaration of Independence | People have a right and a duty to change a government that violates their rights |
| King George III | English king during the Revolutionary era |
| Lord Cornwallis | English general who surrendered at Yorktown |
| John Adams | Championed (supported) the cause of independence |
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
| Thomas Jefferson | Major author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Patrick Henry | Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with "Give me liberty or give me death" speech |
| Benjamin Franklin | Prominent (important) member of the Continental Congress; helped frame (write) the Declaration of Independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | helped gain French support for American Independence |
| Thomas Paine | Journalist, author of Common Sense |
| Phillis Wheatley | a former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence |
| Paul Revere | Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival |
| Boston Massacre | Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting English soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes |
| First Continental Congress | Delegates from all colonies expect Georgia met to discuss problems with England and to promote independence |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | This was the site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War |
| Approval of the Declaration of Independence | Colonies declared independence from England on July 4, 1776 |
| Battle of Saratoga | This American victory was the turning point in the war |
| Surrender at Yorktown | This was the colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War |
| Signing of the Treaty of Paris | England recognized American independence in this treaty |
| Colonial advantages that led to victory in the Revolutionary War | Colonists' defense of their own land, principles, and beliefs |
| Colonial advantages that led to victory in the Revolutionary War | Support from France and Spain |
| Colonial advantages that led to victory in the Revolutionary War | Strong leadership |
