this put a duty or tax on any official paper material
What is Stamp Act
100
This document was written to separate from Great Britain and show the tyranny of King George III.
What is Declaration of Independence
100
"shot heard around the world"
What is Lexington and Concord
100
Commander of the Continental Army
What is George Washington
100
Refusal to buy a particular good
What is Boycott
200
The central issue between the colonists and Parliament/King George III
What is taxes
200
47-page Pamphlet by T.Paine which challenged the authority of the British Parliament and the English Monarch.
What is Common Sense
200
Final major battle of the American Revolution after British General Cornwallis surrenders.
What is Yorktown
200
Commander who helped George Washington at Valley Forge
What is Baron Friedrich von Steuben
200
a colonist who supported the British
What is Loyalist
300
The phrase used by colonists to demonstrate that they have no vote in Parliament,
What is NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
300
Written by the Second Continental Congress and King George refused to read it and rejected the colonists' claims.
What is Olive Branch Petition
300
Turning Point: This American defeat persuaded France and Spain to send aide and help the Continental Army win against Great Britain.
What is battle of Saratoga
300
Commander who surrendered at Yorktown
What is General Charles Cornwallis
300
a colonist who supported the Revolution
What is Patriot
400
this event was initiated by tensions caused the increasing numbers of Redcoats in the colonies.
What is the Boston Massacre
400
Written by Thomas Hobbes - he claimed the most effective way to govern the people is through DEMOCRACY.
What is Leviathan
400
Turning Point: After this surpise attack, American soldiers' decided to enlist and reenlist in the Continental Army
What is battle of Trenton
400
British commander who surrendered at Saratoga
What is General John Burgoyne
400
men hired to fight for another country.
What is mercenary
500
List at least THREE of the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
What is
1.Boston Harbor Closed
2. Mass. Charter canceled
3. Royal Officials trials held in Great Britain
4. Quartering Act
5. Quebec gains land in Canada
6. Thomas Gage new governor of Mass.
500
a voluntary agreement among individuals by which organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
What is Social Contract Theory
500
List 2 ways the French helped the Americans in the war.
What is aide, Navy, ships, troops, weapons, etc.
500
TRAITOR! once a Patriot leader, then secretly switched to Loyalist and fought for the Crown.
What is Benedict Arnold
500
The part of the British government in which members make laws for the British people.