American Revolution

3. Montesquieu’s Ideas and basis for America’s constitutional government
6. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and reflected the ideas of Locke and Paine
8. a patriot group that dumped tea into Boston Harbor
10. how the war began; "shot heard 'round the world"
11. negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France after the battle of Saratoga
13. raised duties on foreign sugar
14. a person that was loyal to Britain and believed taxation was justified

1. acts of the British parliament in 1767 imported into the American colonies
2. the war that caused the British to surrender to the Americans
4. requiring the use of stamps
5. the period that saw the development of new ideas about the rights of people and their relationship to their rulers
7. the French were driven out of Canada and their territories west of the Appalachian Mountains
9. supported independence and supplied the troops
12. didn't choose a side and stayed out of the controversy