Moving Towards Independence

This writing was published during the American Revolution and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.

• Rights of man

• The American Crisis

• Common Sense

Who wrote the pamphlet that influenced many American colonist towards independence?

• Thomas Patterson

• Thomas Jones

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Patrick

How did the British policy of "salutary neglect" affect the American Colonist?

• It left American Colonists without sufficient resources to provide for their economic needs

• It allowed American colonist to govern themselves without interference from Great Britain

• It required American colonist to pay heavy taxes on the crops and goods they produced.

• It prevented American colonist from developing their own institutions of government

Which colonist were called Patriots?

• those who obeyed the laws
• those who were willing to fight
• those who wanted independence
• those who were loyal to the king

Colonists are British subjects and should obey British law.

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutral

No taxation without representation!

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutral

The Coercive Acts of 1774

Boston Port Act (closed Boston Harbor to trade),

Massachusetts Government Act (extended British control over the Massachusetts government),

Administration of Justice Act (Gave the colonial governor the power to move trails of royal officials accused of crimes in Massachusetts to another colony or Great Britain),

Quartering Act (established new provisions in all colonies for lodging British soldiers)

WHY DID AMERICAN COLONIST OBJECT TO THESE MEASURES?

• They reduced the number of British troops that protected the colonist

• They expanded the rights of colonist everywhere except in Massachusetts

• They required colonist to make and carry out laws without British support

• They eliminated the power of Massachusetts colonist to govern themselves

Which region had an economy based off agriculture and grew mainly cash crops like Tobacco, Indigo, and Rice?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which region was nicknamed the Bread Basket Colonies because they mainly grew wheat?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which region had an economy based off of industries such as fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, and lumber?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies