Vocab
A law making body
What is congress
Attempting to overthrow ones government
What is treason
Had a famous ride declaring, "The British are Coming!"
Who is Paul Revere
The Continental Congress sent this to the British government to repeal the Intolerable Acts. If the King refused the colonist were ready to go to war.
What is the Declaration on Rights
Taxed every piece of printed paper that colonist used
What is the Stamp Act
Owing money
What is debt
To shelter
What is quarter
Was appointed the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
This document was created to set new rules for the colonist when they were separating from England
What is The Declaration of Independence
A group organized to protest the Stamp Act
What are the Sons of Liberty
Taxes on products coming to the colonies
What is tariffs
Withdraw
What is retreat
Who is Thomas Paine
On March 5, 1770, British colonists began yelling insults and bothering a British Guard by the Custom House. This led to what event?
What is The Boston Massacre
The acts that placed tariffs or taxes on products coming into the colonies
What are the Townsend Acts
The killing of many people
What is massacre
Soldiers hired by foreign countries
What are mercenaries
Who is Thomas Jefferson
April 19, 1775, the British met 70 militia men and this event happened to start the Revolutionary War. This event is called _______.
What is The Shot Heard Around the World
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British government, enacted a set of laws that forced the colonist to pay for the destroyed tea as well as quarter British soldiers.
What are the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable Acts
Volunteer armies of colonists
What is militias
Tax collections
What are customs
This person is known as the most famous traitors in American history when he betrayed the Patriots by telling their plans to the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold
This event was symbolic in the fact that colonist now considered themselves Americans and not British subjects. Some men disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians.
What is The Boston Tea Party
The acts put on the colonist by the British encouraged many colonist to join this group
What are the Patriots