Important Ideas, Figures and Events leading up to the Revolutionary War Worksheet
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the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property.
American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won.
17th century English philosopher who influenced Thomas Jefferson in his writing of the Decleration of Independence
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
1765, A tax that British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies.
1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them. Five colonists were killed.
American Revolutionary leader and writer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence. Author of Common Sense.
A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped English tea into Boston Harbor.
1776: a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation and blamed the king for all the colony's troubles.
