Major Themes Your Notes
Britain's Trade Laws and Taxation of the colonies
Rising Tension Between Colonists and British
Colonists Outward Protestations
The First Battles
The Second Continental Congress
The Declaration of Independence
Key Terms
Writs of Assistance
Stamp Act
Taxation without Representation
Boston Massacre
Key Terms Your Notes
Spreading the Word to the Colonies
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Tea Act
Boycotts
Boston Tea Party
Olive Branch Petition
Minutemen/Militias
Lexington/Concord
Loyalists/Patriots
Second Continental Congress: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Declaration of Independence: dates, author, sections