American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III.
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims came to the Americas on.
Mayflower
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a loyalist?
The first commander-in-chief
George Washington
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
This act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on an important product.
Tea Act
The Patriots were willing to give up this to gain independence
Their lives.
Which side were the Sons of Liberty on?
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
True or False:
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars.
true
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
What day was the DOI approved
July 4
The Coercive Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott.
The event Paul Revere and others exaggerated to get the colonists mad at the British.
The Boston Massacre
What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the DOI
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
The French and Indian War was fought between the _______________ in ________________
The French and British in North America
What were the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies.
Lexington and Concord
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
The most famous person killed during the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Electing delegates to assemblies was an example of which right of Englishmen enjoyed by the British colonists?
Was the second meeting of the colonial representatives, in which they tried one last time to keep the peace.
2nd Continental Congress
One political office Sam Adams held after the American Revolution?
What is Governor, Lt. Governor, State Senator?