True or False
New Jersey was one of the original 13 Colonies.
TRUE!
Name the king of Great Britain who taxed the 13 Colonies.
King George III
Define colony.
A place ruled by another country
Who won the Revolutionary War?
The colonists!
What caused the British government to tax the colonists?
Debt from the French and Indian War
King George III lived in the 13 Colonies.
FALSE: he lived in Great Britain.
Name the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Samuel Adams
Define The 13 Colonies.
A group of British settlements that became the original states of the USA
Name the FIRST battles of the Revolutionary War.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
What was the final act that caused the Boston Tea Party?
The Townshend Acts
The 2 sides in the French and Indian War were the French vs. the Native Americans.
FALSE: it was the French vs. the British (Native Americans fought on both sides).
Name the founding father who wrote the Declaration of Independence in ONE DAY!
Thomas Jefferson
Define protest.
When people take action against authority to demand change
The Battle of Yorktown
What acts were passed on the colonists the as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
Paul Revere was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
FALSE: it was Samuel Adams!
Name the founding father who was the commander of the Continental Army (13 Colonies) during the Revolutionary War.
Define tax.
Money citizens must pay to the government so it can provide free public services
True or false: the Revolutionary War ended on July 4, 1776.
FALSE: this is when the Declaration of Independence was published (The War ended on September 8, 1783)!
What secret problem-solving group was established in the 13 Colonies as a result of the Intolerable Acts?
The First Continental Congress
The first tax King George III passed was the Stamp Act.
FALSE: it was the Sugar Act!
Name a famous protestor.
Martin Luther King, Gandhi, the Sons of Liberty, etc.
Define taxation without representation.
The situation of The 13 Colonies were in when the British government taxed the colonists, but wouldn’t allow them to send an elected representative to sit on the British government
Name the agreement that ended Revolutionary War.
The Treaty of Paris
Name the 3 causes of the Boston Tea Party.
Tax acts, taxation without representation, and the Boston Massacre