Causes
Protests
The Declaration
100

This act increased the price of sugar

 Sugar Act

100

What is it called when people refuse to buy goods ?

Boycott

100

What was the Declaration declaring?

 The independence of the colonies

200

This act closed the Boston harbor and banned town meetings

The Intolerable Acts

200

What did the Sons of Liberty do in response to the Tea Act?

Boston Tea Party

200

What year was the Declaration officially adopted?

1776

300

What war caused the British to need more funds and enact these taxes?

The French Indian War

300

Who was the author of the pamphlet Common Sense?

Thomas Paine

300

Which founding father is credited as the main author ?

Thomas Jefferson

400

Which act was it that forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers in their homes?

Quartering Acts

400

What was the result of the harassment of Boston British soldiers?

Boston Massacre 

400

Who was the enlightenment thinker who influenced the phrase “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”?


John Locke

500

What was the King's name during these acts ?

King George III

500

Where was the first Continental Congress held ?

Philadelphia 

500

Who was the enlightenment thinker who influenced the idea of implementing the “social contract” into the Declaration?  

Jean Jacque Rousseau

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