1. Essential Question 1 What various factors—geographical, philosophical, social, economic and political factors made the American Revolution possible?

2. Proclamation of 1763 1763 Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains Established Proclamation line Colonists ignored the line

3. Stamp Act of 1765 1765 Tax on documents and printed items First direct tax on colonists Sons of Liberty opposition movement Parliament repeals the law

4. Boston Massacre 1770 Tensions had mounted between British and colonists Colonists stage daring tax protest British killed 5 colonists

5. Boston Tea Party 1773 Tea act devised to save failing British East India Tea Company Cut colonial merchants out of tea trade Colonists protested by attacking British tea ships and destroying the cargo

6. Intolerable Acts 1774 Passed by Parliament in response to Boston Tea Party Closed Boston Harbor, forced colonists to house British soldiers, put Boston under martial law Spurred first Continental Congress

7. Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 Lexington -15 minute battle, 18 Colonial casualties-1 British casualty Concord-over 3000 minutemen slaughtered British by the dozens The colonists had become enemies of Britain, they held Boston and the British as captives.

8. Publication of Common Sense 1776 Written by Thomas Paine Urged revolt against the King Argued that freedom from Britain would give the colonists the opportunity to build a better society

9. Declaration of Independence 1776 Written by committee headed by Thomas Jefferson Declared rights of, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” to be unalienable Declared Colonial Freedom from Britain

10. Essential Question 2 How did the establishment of the U.S. Constitution and its federalist system cause tensions (which still continue today) between the state and federal government?