Important Names
What group of men were known to be ready to fight at a minute's notice?
Minutemen
What 3 countries claimed land in America?
England, France, and Spain
What is an agreement or understanding between two or more countries?
A Treaty
What incident caused England to drop all of the extra taxes on the colonists except for one?
The Bostom Massacre
Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
In which city in Pennsylvania did the First Continental Congress meeting take place?
Philadelphia
What was the name of the spiritual revival that began in the early 1700's?
The Great Awakening
Name of the event where 342 chests of English tea were thrown into the harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
Name that France gave the land they purchased (that is now Canada and the Great Lakes)?
New France
Colonists who wanted Americans to be free from England's rule were called...
Patriots
The French and Indian War
Who wrote "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," and many other hymns?
Isaac Watts
Where did England create a blockade until colonists paid for destroyed tea?
The Boston Harbor
What is the name of the law that required American citizens to purchase special stamps or seals from the British government?
The Stamp Act
The "shot heard round the world" was the beginning of what war?
The American War for Independence (aka the Revolutionary War)
Who was elected President of the Second Continental Congress?
John Hancock
In what colony did George Whitefield start an orphanage to teach children about God?
Georgia
Colonists who remained loyal to England were called...
Loyalists
Name of the meeting where American colonies chose to declare their independence from England:
Second Continental Congress