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John Locke Two Treatises
John Locke
John Locke thought all humans should have natural rights. These rights are life, liberty, and property. John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to protect the natural rights of individuals. -
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Cato's Letters
Cato's Letters
Cato's Letters are letters that were written against the king and his wrong doings towards the colonists. They were written by people with fake names, like Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger, and published in British newspaper editorials and colonial American newspapers. -
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Sugar Act
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a law that was supposed to stop the smuggling of items in and out of the colonies. The British navy was given more power to search ships. Certain products had to be shipped from the colonies directly to Britain. The Sugar Act also put taxes on coffee and sugar. -
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Stamp Act
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act placed taxes on every legal document, newspaper, deck of cards, and similar items. -
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Quartering Act
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was an act that forced the colonists to house and feed British soldiers. -
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Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a group of protesters that performed acts speaking out against the king. They would attack the houses of tax collectors and march in the streets. They would also burn straw dummies that looked like officials. -
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Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
It was the day British Troops opened fire on protesters in Boston, and they killed five people. This event caused many of the colonists to obey the laws because they did not want to die. -
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Tea Act
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the act that made the East India Company sell tea to the colonist just so it would not go out of business. -
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Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when a group of colonists opened tea crates and dumped them into the harbor. The British then closed the harbor to all trade. -
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Common Sense
Common Sense
Common Sense was an article written by Thomas Paine that talked about the purpose of government being the security of the people and how the colonists wanted freedom from Great Britian. He challenged the authority of the royal monarchy.
