Cause and Effect- I will name the cause, you tell the effect Flashcards
The colonist had to find ways to govern themselves day to day.
Colonists began to establish self-government, including town meetings and elected legislatures.
Religious commitment and practices began to fade as colonists prospered.
The Great Awakening was started by some Christians and this was called a “religious revival”.
In 1734 John Zenger was found not guilty of libel.
American colonists enjoy freedom of the press.
John Locke purposed that people have certain natural rights.
People feel they have the right to challenge a king’s authority if he abuses their natural rights.
Colonists were not represented in the English Parliament, which has the right to tax English citizens.
Taxation caused protest from colonists “patriots”, a fight broke out between troops and Boston colonists and it was called the Boston Massacre.
April of 1775 700 British soldiers marched to Lexington to seize hidden weapons, fighting began and this was called “Battle of Lexington”.
The first battle between Minutemen and the British marks the beginning of full-scale rebellion.
General Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga, NY
The battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the revolution. Convinced France and other European powers that colonists had a chance to win Independence.
British troops under General Cornwallis are surrounded at Yorktown.
The British met in Paris with three representatives from the US. The treaty of Paris was negotiated which ended the war and recognized American Independence.
The victory at Yorktown and the loss of Cornwallis’s
army…
The Treaty of Paris was signed by the British and Americans, ending the war.
