Road to American Revolution

God-Given rights that NO ONE can take away (life Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness).Basis of D.O.I.

Line forbids America from moving west across into Indian territory

Body of people elected to make laws in England

Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, it declared independence from Great Britain

War that King taxed the colonists for without their consent

British troops open fire and kill 5 Bostonians=sparks more tension between Britain and America 

Best Hollywood American Revolution Movie

Let troops search homes without a warrant

Main reason colonists, like Patrick Henry, were upset with new taxes.

King Said colonists can only buy British tea, hurt colonial business, causes Boston Tea Party

Philosopher who invented the idea of Unalienable rights

His famous lines, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death," helped inspire the American Revolution

To protest tea act, Sons of Liberty dress up as Indians and dump King's tea in harbor

Taxed paper. Colonists react by boycotting British goods and threatening tax collectors

Colonists had to house and feed British troops, colonists resisted and ignored law

Pain in Britain's side, wrote Common Sense which inspired colonists to want to leave Britain