Fill in the Blanks American revolutionOnline version American revolution by Layal B 1 empire May Paris thinkers Georgia freedom colonial Enlightenment pride economic cut treasury Representatives income Indian North 1763 Philadelphia southerners hesitated liberty abolish Treaty Great Britain ? s power in North America was at its height in , only 12 years before the revolution began . Britain had just defeated France in the French War ( 1754 - 1763 ) . The gave Britain all of France ? s territory in America . American colonists took in being part of the British Empire ( which was the world ? s most powerful ) , while others rebelled against its authority . Great Britain expected the American colonies to serve its interests , and it regulated trade . The French - Indian War drained Britain ? s and left a huge debt . Relations between the colonies and Britain worsened from 1763 - 1775 . During that time , Parliament passed a number of laws to increase Great Britain ? s from the colonies . The colonists reacted angrily . They believed that the new British policies threatened their . - - - - - - - - Delegates from the colonies gather in at the First Continental Congress to organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts . ( John Adams , George Washington ) attended from all the colonies except . The Congress voted to off colonial trade with Great Britain unless Parliament the Intolerable Acts . The Congress agreed to hold another Continental Congress in 1775 if Britain did not change its policies before that time . - - - - - - ? > the ideas in the Declaration of Independence are influenced by ( people have rights of liberty / happiness / life ) NOTE : Some feared that a rebellion against Great Britain in the name of might inspire black slaves to rise up against them . Those colonists to support the war at first .
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