People
Who wrote the DOI?
Thomas Jefferson
Which act taxed all legal documents?
Stamp Act
Which battle is referred to as the "shot heard around the world?"
Lexington and Concord
Who led the Continental army, and eventually became 1st president?
George Washington
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
A line drawn in the App Mtns by the British, that said the colonists could not go past
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that you are born with and cannot be taken away
Who was the first person to sign the DOI and his name has become a way of saying "put your signature?"
John Hancock
What act placed a tax on lead, tea, paint and glass?
Townshend Act
A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws
Civil Disobidience
Who wrote "Common Sense?"
Thomas Paine
What did the Intolerable Acts include? (Must have 2 out 3)
-Close Boston Harbor
-Quartering Act
-People in Boston Could not meet
Representatives from all colonies to discuss problems with Britain and boyvott British goods. Would meet again to write the Declaration of Independence and create the Continental Army
Contiental Congress
What is the name of the group of founding fathers who formed a secret society to protest the British laws?
Sons of Liberty
Which act was part of the Intolerable Acts and required colonists to house British troops?
Quartering Act
A police adopted by the British toward the colonies during colonization, did not make them obey British laws "hands-off."
Salutary Neglect