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King of England during the American Revolution. He issued The Proclamation of 1763 that angered the colonists.
KING GEORGE III
100
Document written in which the American colonists explain their reasons for wanting to separate or break-up from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
100
Robert Livingston is a delegate from which state?
New York
100
George Washington is from what state?
Virginia
100
The first commander-in-chief or president of the new nation of America.
George Washington
100
What year did the Boston Tea Party happen?
1773
200
Tax issued by Britain in 1765, on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
200
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
200
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord/the artist on the Boston "Bloody" Masacre.
Paul Revere
200
Motto of the Revolutionary War (Patriots)
No taxation without representation (is tyranny)!
200
Tense relations between the British military and colonists that led to a confrontation on March 5, 1770, with colonists throwing snowballs, ice, and clubs at British troops, and ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
Boston Masacre
200
Local militia who got their name because they were ready to fight at a minute’s notice.
Minutemen
300
This act put a tax that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
300
George Washington's decisive victory over General Cornwallis who surrendered; considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
300
On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a new name for what had been called the "United Colonies.” From now on they would be the _____ _____ of _________.
United States of America
300
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
300
True or False:
The British King needed the money from the colonists' taxes to pay for the French-Indian war he had won.
True
300
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
Loyalist
400
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
George Washington
400
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea with what event...
Boston Tea Party/threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
400
What date (month/day/year) was the Day of Independence approved?
July 4, 1776
400
Assemblies in the colonies set up committees of correspondence because of these acts.
Intolerable Acts
400
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
Boycott
400
Soldiers from all colonies that would carry out the fight against Britain for freedom.
Continental Army
500
Name the Committee of Five members (5).
Adams
Jefferson
Franklin
Livingston
Sherman
500
Name the Unalienable Rights seen in the Declaration of Independence.
Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
500
The French - Indian War was fought between the _______________ and ________________ for the territories in North America.
The French/Indians and British
500
Lexington and Concord, are known as the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies: it is the _______ ________ around the _______.
the shot heard around the world
500
Join or Die, the first political cartoon to encourage colonists to unite against the French and the Natives was created by B ____ F______ a Founding Father who was also a scientist and inventor.
Benjamin Franklin
500
Famous saying of "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Patrick Henry
600
The first meeting of the 13 colonies where they first discussed being United Colonies against the British.
1st Continental Congress
600
Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
Treaty of Paris of 1783
600
Petition, written by moderates, expressed the colonists’ loyalty to the king and requested a halt in fighting until a solution could be found.
Olive Branch Petition
600
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in _______________ in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), to approve the Declaration of Independence.
Philadelphia
600
This policy practiced by England during the 17th & 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased.
Salutary Neglect
600
The act that limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763