Causes
What is taxation without representation?
What is being taxed without having a say in government
What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
What is colonists dumped tea into the harbor
Who was the King of Britain?
Who is King George III
What did colonists boycott?
What is British goods (tea)
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is a document declaring independence from Britain
Which act taxed printed materials?
What is the Stamp Act
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
What is British soldiers shot colonists
Who was the leader of the Patriot army?
Who is George Washington
What were Liberty Trees?
What is protest gathering places
What does the phrase "all men created equal" mean?
What is everyone has rights
Why were colonists upset after the French & Indian War?
What is Britain placed taxes and increased control
What was the first battle between Britain and the Patriots?
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Who were the patriots?
What is colonists who wanted independence from Britain
How did protestors spread their ideas?
What is through art and newspapers
Who were some of the people left out of the Declaration of Independence?
What is women and enslaved people
Were taxes fair or unfair? Why?
What is unfair (with explanation)
What did the Declaration do?
What is declared independence from Britain
Who were the Loyalists?
Who is colonists who supported Britain
Why were protests effective?
What is it helped to unite colonists and spread their ideas
Why did the Patriots want independence from Britain?
What is they didn't want to be taxed anymore and they felt they were being treated unfairly by the British
Name one act
What is the Stamp Act / Tea Act / Sugar Act
What was Evacuation Day?
What is British troops left NYC
Name one author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson (and others)
What were the Stamp Act Riots?
What is colonists burned stamp paper to protests the taxes put on them
DOUBLE POINTS.... Who was Thomas Paine?
Who is he wrote a pamphlet (or small book) called "Common Sense" to get the colonists to see why they needed to be free of Britain's rule.