Battle of Trenton
Who led the Continental Army in a surprise attack at the Battle of Trenton?
George Washington
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The famous slogan colonists used to protest British taxes, meaning they shouldn't be taxed if they had no say in Parliament.
"No taxation without representation"?
Passed in 1764, this British law placed a tax on imported sugar and molasses.
Sugar Act
The Founding Father who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The freezing river Washington and his troops crossed on Christmas night in 1776.
Delaware River
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secondary source
The secret group of American patriots, who protested British taxes and carried out the Boston Tea Party.
The Sons of Liberty
Passed in 1765, this law required colonists to pay a tax on paper goods, including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
Approved on July 4, 1776, this historic document formally announced that the 13 colonies were free and independent from Great Britain.
Declaration of Independence
The hired German soldiers fought by the Continental Army during this battle.
Hessians
The Quaker leader who founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a place for religious freedom.
William Penn
The warm climate and rich soil in the Southern Colonies made it ideal for growing these large-scale crops sold for profit, such as tobacco, rice, and indigo.
Cash Crops
Passed in 1767, these laws placed taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Acts
The introduction to the Declaration of Independence that explains why the colonies decided to break away and form a new nation.
The preamble
The colony (and modern U.S. state) where the Battle of Trenton took place.
Trenton, New Jersey
Issued by King George III, this order forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
To protest the British tax on tea, the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor in 1773.
Boston Tea Party
This Virginian was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
George Washington
The section of the Declaration of Independence that lists the 27 specific complaints against King George III and British rule. complaints
grievances
The element of surprise that Washington used by attacking on December 26, when the enemy least expected it.
Suprise attack
An economic system where Great Britain controlled colonial trade to make the mother country richer and more powerful.
Mercantilism
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1860, this famous poem begins with the line, "Listen, my children, and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of..."
"Paul Revere's Ride"
These 1774 laws closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, and forced colonists to house British soldiers.
Coercive Acts
The Declaration of Independence states that if a government becomes abusive, citizens have the right to alter or abolish it and create a new one to protect their safety and happiness.
They have the right to rebel