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Who wrote the famous book called Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A political protest that involved American colonists dumping 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company, into the harbor.
Who fought in the American Revolution?
The Independent States and the British.
What did the Stamp Act do?
It required colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
What is a tariff?
A tax levied upon goods as they cross national boundaries.
What did the Daughters of Liberty do?
They aided in boycotts by helping with shortages.
What was the Boston Massacre?
The political fallout of the Seven Years' War resulted in what rebellion?
Pontiac's Rebellion, Pontiac's War
What were the Townshend Acts?
A series of measures, passed by the British Parliament, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
What is groundwork?
The foundation or basis (of something)
What did the Sons of Liberty do?
They used threats, protests, and acts of violence to intimidate loyalists and make their grievances clear to the British Parliament?
What did "the shot heard round the world" refer to?
It referred to the first shots fired at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
What caused the French and Indian War?
It was caused by conflicting claims of territory and waterways.
What was the Sugar Act of 1764?
It was passed by British Parliament and provided for a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources.
What is vernacular?
The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
What is the name of the General who led the American troops to victory during the Revolutionary War? What would he later become?
George Washington; He later became the first President of the United States.
What was the 1783 Treaty of Paris and it's role in the American Revolution?
It was the document that needed the American Revolution and for recognized the United States as an independent nation.
Why did Pontiac's War happen?
To prevent the incursion of colonial settlers, Pontiac encouraged Ohio Country tribes to unite and to rise up against the British
What were the Intolerable Acts?
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
What were the committees of correspondence?
Longstanding institutions that became a key communications system during the early years of the American Revolution.
Who was Pontiac?
He was an Ottawa Indian Chief who became a great intertribal leader when he organized a combined resistance which is known as Pontiac's War.
What was the Proclamationof 1763 and what did it do? How did colonists react to this?
It was a British produced boundary that prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
*Note: "Anglo-American" was a term used by the French Louisianans to describe English speaking newcomers.*
Name at least three battles that happened during the American Revolution.
The Battle at Lexington and Concord, Siege of Yorktown, Siege of Savannah, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Ticonderoga, Battle of Bunker Hill, etc.
What was the goal of the Intolerable Acts?
The acts were aimed at isolating Boston, the seat of the most radical anti-British sentiment from the other colonies.
What were vice-admiralty courts?
Jury-less courts located in British colonies that were granted jurisdiction over legal matters related to maritime.