American Revolutionary War

Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, a region that was costly for the British to protect.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Townshed Act

• Quarrying Act

Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas, more than any other’s, influenced the American belief in self-government

• Thomas Hobbs

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

life, liberty, and property that rulers cannot take away.

• Basic Rights

• Natural Rights

• Secured Rights

• Alien Rights

American victory here led to the Treaty of Alliance with France

• Dantaween

• Trenton

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

War began when the “Minutemen” in Massachusetts fought a brief skirmish with British troops here

• Boston

• Lexington and Concord

• Bunker Hill

• Breeds Hill

An English immigrant to America who produced a pamphlet known as Common Sense that challenged the rule of the American colonies by the King of England. Common Sense was read and acclaimed by many American colonists during the mid-1700s and contributed to a growing sentiment for independence from Great Britain.

• George III

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

Agreement that the government to protect the citizens rights. In return, the people promise to obey the laws and rules established by their government, establishing a system of “ordered liberty.”

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Absolute Power

• Constitution

Remained loyal to Britain because of cultural and economic ties, believed that taxation of the colonies was justified to pay for British troops to protect American settlers from Indian attack

• Rebels

• Neutrals

• Patriots

• Torries

People believed in complete independence from Britain

• Loyalist

• Torries

• Patriots

• Neutrals

took place when British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators.

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Marathon

• Boston Red Sox