Ben franklin was a leader of the_____________
Enlightenment
This 1765 act required colonists to buy stamps or seals for paper goods________
stamp act
These troops could leave whenever they needed to ___
militia
General Cornwallis became trapped at this location in 1781
york town
he Great Awakening focused on_____
internal spiritual change
This 1770 event involved British soldiers firing into a protesting crowd__________
Boston Massacre
These troops got paid to fight
regular soldiers.
This key force allowed the Americans to keep Cornwallis trapped in 1781
French Navy
Enlightenment focused on_______
logic scientific observation, natural rights
The Townshend Acts of 1767 placed indirect taxes on imported goods into the colonies. what was taxed under these acts____
tabacco
Men who fought as part of this were used to traditional European style warfare.
British army
This treaty ended the American Revolution
treaty of paris
Great Awakening featured preachers like_______
George Whitefield and and Jonathan Edwards
Besides Paul Revere, which other notable rider also set out to warn colonial militiamen that British troops were marching toward Concord in April 1775______
William Dawes
He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence, doing so with a famously large signature
John Hancock
The United States received land that extended to these areas in the North, South, and West as a result of the treaty that ended the war
North to Canada, South to Florida
The Enlightenment featured thinkers like_________
John Locke, Voltaire, and Isaac Newton
The British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts—referred to by the colonists as the "Intolerable Actsin direct response to which famous protest
boston tea party
This Boston lawyer successfully defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre to prove colonial courts were fair
john adams
This action was performed at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to keep the British from escaping
blockade