American Revolution

Those who wanted to remain English and loyal to King George III of England called themselves Loyalists, and those who wanted to break away from Great Britain and form a new country were called Patriots.

After the French and Indian War ended in 1763, Americans in the 13 colonies became divided in their feelings toward Great Britain. About 1/3 of the colonists supported England. They wanted to remain English and loyal to King George III of England. Another 1/3 of the colonists wanted independence. They wanted to break away from Great Britain and form a new country. That left about 1/3 of the colonists who did not take sides and remained neutral. What can be said about two of these groups?

Natural rights of all men and government should protect these

Another basic idea expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence is that

Britain's colonial rule expressed through taxes

Between 1765 and 1774 the main cause of conflict between Great Britain and the colonists was

provide raw materials to England only

In colonial America, an aim of British mercantile policy was to force American merchants to

protect people's natural rights

In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson argued that a government loses the right to govern if it fails to

The issue of independence from England caused sharp differences among the American colonists.

Speaker A: " I would have hanged my brother if he took part with our enemy in this country," said patriot Sam Adams. Speaker B: " Bodies were then piled in the carts and hauled through the streets. The loyalists laughed and hooted as they saw these carts go by. "There goes another load of rebels,' they would say. Based on these statements, which conclusion can best be drawn about the colonists' support for independence from England?

The Continental Army

The American Army who fought against the British Army was known as

Benjamin Franklin

The American cause was helped during the Revolutionary War by the skillful diplomacy of its ambassador to France. Who was he?

Patriots who were angry with the way England was trying to change the price and distribution of tea.

The Boston Tea Party was committed by...

a document explaining why the colonists were breaking away from England.

The Declaration of Independence was

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in...

British discouraged it to prevent conflict with Native Americans and French settlers.

The French lost all their territory in North America after the French Indian War. What was the British attitude towards American settlement west of the Appalachians after that War?

France

The colonies would have had difficulties winning their war for independence from England without the support of mainly what European country?

To state the wrongdoings Great Britain, Parliament and the King had done towards their American colonies.

The list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence has which purpose?

Enable Great Britain to raise revenues and control trade

The main goal of most of the policies shown in the illustration was to

Start of the American Revolution

The policies in the illustration led to the

George Washington was the Commander in Chief of Continental Army, and Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.

What can be said about the Revolutionary leaders, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?

A journal of the events written by a Continental soldier

What could be a primary source concerning the American Revolution?

First time that women took political action

What is the significance of the Edenton Tea Party?

The Congress met in Philadelphia and did not support independence.

Where did the First Continental Congress meet and what was the general point of view?

American Revolutionary War

Which conflict in United States history is referred to in this cartoon?

Great Britain

Which group does the larger man in the cartoon represent?

Americans/Patriots

Which group does the man with the sling shot represent?

The Quartering Act was a serious violation of the colonists' liberties.

Which statement expresses an opinion about the causes of the Revolutionary War? - Colonists participated in the Triangular Trade - The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770 - Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty - The Quartering Act was a serious violation of the colonists' liberties.

King George III

Who was the reigning monarch of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution?

Farmers in the West of North Carolina who thought that government officials should be better regulated.

Who were the Regulators?

They were the first official rejection of British rule in the colonies

Why were the Mecklenburg Resolves important?

Condemnation of the British Transatlantic slave trade

Much of the work done drafting the Declaration of Independence was performed by Thomas Jefferson. One significant part of his original draft was removed. What was that part about?

People have a right to change or dismiss an unjust government.

Next to the natural rights of men and the role of government, what is another main idea of the Declaration of Independence?

Treaty of Paris of 1783

Officially what was the end to the Revolutionary War?

Hints in the text: "...becoming an accession of force to our late mutual enemy,..." ( the late mutual enemy that would be who? Which war had been fought before the Revolution?) "...will prefer a firm, free, and perpetual coalition with the parent state to an insincere and unnatural foreign alliance...." (Who is the parent state of the colonies and who would be the foreign alliance?)

"But we trust that the inhabitants of North-America, connected with us by the nearest ties of consanguinity [in other words, blood relations], speaking the same language, interested in the preservation of similar institutions, remembering the former happy intercourse of good offices, and forgetting recent animosities, will shrink from the thought of becoming an accession of force to our late mutual enemy, and will prefer a firm, free, and perpetual coalition with the parent state to an insincere and unnatural foreign alliance.... " Carlisle, W. Eden, G. Johnstone What did the authors of this text fear?

Boycott

"Many of the (colonial) storekeepers couldn't give away any of the British goods on the stores' shelves. It was as if the colonists had agreed not to buy any English products." Which economic idea is expressed in this passage?