Acts of Parliament
This 1763 royal order prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This famous four-word colonial slogan expressed outrage at being taxed by a British Parliament in which colonists had no voice
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This group of colonists advocated for unifying all 13 colonies to seek complete independence from Great Britain
Who are the Patriots?
Fought between 1754 and 1763, this conflict left Great Britain with massive war debt that prompted Parliament to begin taxing the colonies
What is the French and Indian War?
Signed in 1763, this agreement ended the French and Indian War and resulted in France leaving North America
What is the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
Passed in 1765, this law required colonial assemblies to provide housing and supplies for British troops
What is the Quartering Act?
Disguised as Native Americans, this Patriot group boarded British ships in 1773 and dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
These colonists remained faithful to the Crown and believed Britain and the colonies could resolve their differences peacefully
Who are the Loyalists?
Fought in April 1775, these two Massachusetts engagements marked the opening armed battles of the American Revolution.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Sent in 1775, this letter to King George III was a final petition by the colonies attempting to make peace with Great Britain
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This 1765 act placed a direct tax on public documents, legal papers, and newspapers before being repealed in 1766
What is the Stamp Act?
In response to the 1767 Townshend Acts, colonists, such as the Daughters of Liberty, resisted by making their own household goods and taking this economic action against British imports
What is a boycott?
Tens of thousands of enslaved African Americans were motivated to escape and support the British war effort because the British military offered them this
What is freedom (or emancipation)?
On March 5, 1770, British redcoats fired into a crowd of protesting colonists in Boston, an event publicized by Patriots as an unprovoked attack
What is the Boston Massacre?
Published in 1776, Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet persuaded colonists that there was too much to lose if they did not seek independence
What is Common Sense?
Passed right after repealing the Stamp Act, this 1766 law asserted Parliament's right to tax and make laws for the colonies "in all cases"
What is the Declaratory Act?
During the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, British shots killed several men, including this African American sailor
Who is Crispus Attucks?
From the perspective of the British government, this was their primary goal in fighting the American Revolutionary War
What is keeping the British Empire intact?
Under the Treaty of Paris ending the French and Indian War in 1763, Britain gained all French lands east of the Mississippi River, as well as this territory
What is Florida?
Meeting in 1774, this body of colonial delegates met to boycott British trade, demand the repeal of parliamentary acts, and form local militias
What is The First Continental Congress?
Passed in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, these acts closed Boston Harbor, suspended town meetings, and replaced local judges
What are the Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts?
The Townshend Acts included taxes on these products.
Glass, paint, paper, tea.
Double points if includes lead.
Speaking at the First Continental Congress in 1774, this Virginia leader famously proclaimed, "I am not a Virginian, but an American"
Who is Patrick Henry?
The colonies formed the First Continental Congress in response to this.
What are The Intolerable Acts?
Raising money and troops was difficult for the Continental Congress because colonists were afraid to give a central governing body too much of this
What is power?