Revolutionary Era STAAR Review

The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here.

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of the Alamo

• Battle of Bull Run

A direct tax that the colonists eventually got repealed (canceled) through petitions, boycotts, and widespread protests.

• Stamp Act

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Quartering Act

• Boston Tea Party

The colonists were most upset about new taxes because of their lack of this in British Parliament.

• Democracy

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Freedom

• Representation

A series of severe laws that were meant to primarily punish the colony of Massachusetts.

• Punish Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Temperance

1776 document authored by Thomas Jefferson that officially announced the colonies break with Great Britain.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

Benjamin Franklin helped convince this country to become allies of the United States after the victory at Saratoga.

• Mexico

• France

• New England/Britain

• Spain

Patriotic, radical colonists that persuaded through intimidation, propaganda, and force.

• Transcendentalist

• Lewis and Clark

• Sons of Liberty

• Abolitionists

1783 peace agreement that officially ended the American Revolution. England recognized American independence and ceded all lands to the Mississippi River to the United States.

• Treaty of the Texas

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Conflict that caused England to enact new taxes on the colonies in order to pay down their large war debt.

• Cold War

• Civil War

• Mexican American War

• French and Indian War

Basic rights that people have at birth and that cannot be taken away without due process of the law. These include "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

• No Rights

• Political Rights

• Civil Rights

• Unalienable Rights