People
Warned the colonists that the British were coming at Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
This restricted American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
On a snowy March night in 1770, 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers.
The Boston Massacre
What was the purpose of Common Sense?
This document declared the colonists were breaking away from Britain
Declaration of Independence
This man was put in charge of the Continental Army
George Washington
This forced American colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
Quartering Act
The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
"No taxation without______________"
Representation
The author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
British King at the time of the American Revolution
King George III
This law imposed a tax on every legal document, newspaper, pamphlet, and deck of cards coming into the colonies.
Stamp Act
The first fighting of the Revolutionary War.
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Answers will vary.
The name of the colonial assembly that eventually declares to break away from Britain
Second Continental Congress
Author of Common Sense and The Crisis
Thomas Paine
Stated that Parliament had the right to pass laws for the colonies in “all cases whatsoever.”
Declaratory Act
This was created by the Second Continental Congress to help fight against the British.
The Continental Army
What did the British raise/implement after the French and Indian War?
Taxes
The last effort by the colonists to offer peace with the British
Olive Branch Petition
This man was the first one killed at the Boston Massacre...known as a martyr
Crispus Attucks
This law gave the British navy greater power to search colonial ships. The law also required products such as tobacco, sugar, and timber to be shipped directly from the colonies to Britain. The law set taxes on cloth, sugar, coffee, and wine coming into the colonies.
Sugar Act
This battle proved that the American colonists were prepared to fight, and showed they could hold their own against the British
Bunker Hill
This restricted colonial trade
Navigation Acts
This forced the colonists to purchase tea from the East India Trading Company; it also bypassed colonial merchants in regards to selling of goods.
Tea Act