1. Navigation Acts required colonies to trade only with England
<span>2. French and Indian War </span>British obtained Canada <span> 3. Quartering Act </span>required colonists to house troops <span> 4. Sugar and Molasses Act </span><span>tax reduced after boycotts
5. Boston Tea Party </span>British reacted with Intolerable Acts <span>
6. Saratoga turning point of the Revolution
7. George Rogers Clark </span>captured western British forts <span> 8. John Locke </span>philosopher <span>
9. Proclamation of 1763 </span><span>forbade settlement beyond Alleghenies
10. Iroquois </span>British allies in the Revolution
Navigation Acts = required colonies to trade only with England
French and Indian War = British obtained Canada
Quartering Act = required colonists to house troops
Sugar and Molasses Act = tax reduced after boycotts
Boston Tea Party = British reacted with Intolerable Acts
Saratoga = turning point of the Revolution
George Rogers Clark = captured western British forts
John Locke = philosopher
Proclamation of 1763 = forbade settlement beyond Alleghenies
Iroquois = British allies in the Revolution
Permit me to say a bit more about John Locke, the philosopher -- as important background to the American Revolution.
The American founding fathers read Locke (as well as other Enlightenment writers). The American Revolution (1775-1783) was inspired by ideas such as those of Locke. John Locke (1632-1704) argued for the idea of a "social contract." According to his view, a government's power to govern comes from the consent of the people themselves -- those who are to be governed. This was a change from the previous ideas of "divine right monarchy" -- that a king ruled because God appointed him to be the ruler. Locke repudiated the views of divine right monarchy in his<em> First Treatise on Civil Government.</em> In his <em>Second Treatise on Civil Government, </em>Locke argued for the rights of the people to create their own governments according to their own desires and for the sake of protecting their own life, liberty, and property.
US president Roosevelt sought to provide assistance for the allies,while still keeping the United States out of the war.Lend-Lease Act of March 1941 was the wartime aid program,which allowed the US to sell,lend or give war materials to nations the US administration wanted to support.
Roosevelt began by asking Congress to amend the Neutrality Laws to allow arms sales to the Allies.