Stamp Act of 1765

Proclamation of 1763

Treaty of Paris 1783

Sugar Act of 1764

taxation without representation

prohibition of slavery

banning of the right to own firearms

imposing limitations on land expansion

The closing of the Port of Boston

The mandatory quartering of British soldiers

The right to ban all town meetings by the governor

The increased taxation on all exported goods from Boston

tax-free trade

mercantilism

balance of trade power

federalism

To indicate British approval on official government documents

To prevent fraudulent newspapers being printed in the colonies

To produce revenue for Britain through taxation on the colonists

To encourage colonists to remain faithful to their royal allegiance

Battle of Yorktown

Battle of Lexington

Winter at Valley Forge

Battle of Bunker Hill

"His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States...to be free sovereign and independent states, that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the government, propriety, and territorial rights of the same and every part thereof."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

"judges dependent on the [king's] will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries"

"quartering large bodies of armed troops among us"

"imposing taxes on us without our consent"

"refused for a long time... to cause others to be elected, whereby the legislative powers...have returned to the people at large for their exercise"

First Amendment

Second Amendment

Fourth Amendment

Sixth Amendment

right to liberty

right to be free of taxation

right to life

right to pursue happiness