Taxation without Representation
The french and indian war left england with a huge what?
what is debt
British soldiers were known as?
What are redcoats
In september 1774 55 delegates formed what?
What is the Continental Congress
Name one of the things that the Second Continental Congress did?
Legal document that allowed customs officers to look for smuggled goods, kind of like a warrant?
What is writs of assistance
This act lowered the tax on molasses but also cracked down on smuggling?
What is the Sugar Act
Event on March 5th of 1770 where 5 colonists were killed?
What is the Boston Massacre
The first continental congress decided three things, name one of them?
What is repeal act of parliament, boycott british goods, endorse the suffolk resolves to arm themselves
Who wrote "Common Sense"?
Who is Thomas Paine
Information made to influence public opinion?
What is propaganda
This act put a tax on almost all printed material?
What is the Stamp Act
Britain passed this act to save the British East India company from ruin?
What is the Tea Act
The first shots of what becomes the American Revolution were fired at these two places?
What are Lexington and Concord
To avoid war Congress sent this to King George?
What is the Olive Branch Petition
A group of Citizen Soldiers?
What is a Militia
He helped start the Sons of Liberty?
Who is Samuel Adams
Event in December of 1773 in Boston Harbor?
What is the Boston Tea Party
Name one of the two men that rode through the countryside warning that the "redcoats are coming"?
Who were Paul Revere and William Dawes
While Thomas Jefferson gets credit for writing the Declaration of Independence, he had help from these two men, name one of them?
Who were Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
Soldiers ready to fight in a minutes notice?
What were minutemen
This act only applied to imported goods?
What is the Townshend Acts
Name one of the Coercive Acts?
What are Closing the Boston Harbor, Housing Soldiers, Banned Town meetings, The Quebec Act
The battle of Bunker Hill ended in a costly British Victory but the battle was actual fought on this hill?
What is Breeds Hill
The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence says we have these rights?
What are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
Another word for an introduction?
What is a preamble