The Acts
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
What are the 3 regions of the 13 English colonies
New England, Middle, and Southern
What is someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
A Patriot
What day was the DOI approved
July 4th
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
The Tea Act
What were the Patriots were willing to give up this to gain independence
Their Lives
Who dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
Who is The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
T or F: The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars
True
What did the British do that made colonist upset. This lead to the Boston Massacre.
They stopped ships from sailing in and out of the Boston Harbor.
How many people were killed during the Boston massacre
5
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
What foreign nation aided the colonists?
The French
What is the name of the 3 important battles?
Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown
What is the name of the Battle that the British surrendered?
Battle of Yorktown
What is the name of the document that the British signed recognizing the states as Independent?
Treaty of Paris