Battles
This battle started the Revolution.
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
During this act, people were taxed on printed material.
What is the Stamp Act?
This person was the leader of the Continental army.
Who was George Washington?
This word means "to refuse to buy goods to force a change."
What is boycott?
Delegates from the colonies who met in Philadelphia to decide how to handle the problems with Britain
What is "Continental Congress"?
This battle convinced the French that the colonists could end the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This event occurred when colonists dressed as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This person took a famous ride in the middle of the night to warn the colonists that, "The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
This term means "to reject a law preventing it from going into effect."
What is veto?
This was a document sent to the King by the colonists asking to keep peace with England and eliminate all unfair taxes.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This battle is took place on Breed's Hill.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This document prevented the colonists from moving onto land won in the French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This person was the king of England and ruled the colonies.
Who is King George III?
This word means "a product brought into a country for sale or use."
What is import?
The colonists often said this because they were not allowed to participate in British Parliament and have a say in the laws that were passed by the King.
What is "No taxtion without representation."
This battle ended the American Revolution when Cornwallis surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These acts were passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party; closing the Boston Harbor and shutting down all town meetings.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This person wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense."
Who is Thomas Paine?
What are minutemen?
American soldiers who were ready to fight at a minute's notice.
This is a policy where Britain neglected the colonies. This proved to be helpful to the colonists because they were not being taxed
What is Salutary Neglect?
This disagreement wound up killing 5 colonists as they were protesting about the unfair taxes.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This act forced the colonists to allow British soldiers live in their homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
These people fought on the side of the colonists.
Who were Patriots?
Define inalienable rights. What three natural rights are we promised in the Declaration of Independence?
Inalienable rights are also known as natural rights, and are given to us at birth as American citizens. They cannot be taken away. They are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
This word means "citizens gathered together to debate and make decisions."
What is an assembly.