Vocabulary
Laws and Taxes
Protests
Famous Figures
100
What is an American colonist who wanted to break away from Britain called?
What is a Patriot?
100
Britain started raising ______________ to make back some money after the French and Indian War.
What word goes in the blank?
What is taxes?
100
What event happened on March 5, 1770, when British soldiers shot into an angry crowd, killing five colonists?
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
This group, led by Samuel Adams, led protests against British taxes.
Name the group.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
200
What is a colonist who wanted to remain loyal to King George III called?
What is a Loyalist?
200
What law prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
200
The Sons of Liberty threw boxes of tea into Boston Harbor. What was this event called?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
He wrote the Declaration of Independence? What is his name?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
What is an army of untrained, regular people called?
What is a militia?
300
What rhyme did colonists say when they were angry about British tax laws?
What is "No Taxation Without Representation"?
300
This document was written to tell the King of England we are an independent country. What document is this?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
He is the King of England during the American Revolution. What is his name?
Who is King George III?
400
Thomas Jefferson says we have rights that can't be taken away. They're called _____________________ rights.
Fill in the blank.What is unalienable?
400
Which British law was passed after the British got mad about the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
What word means you stop buying things on purpose to protest something like the Tea Act or Stamp Act?
What is a boycott?
400
He convinced Colonists not to trust the King in his pamphlet Common Sense. What is his name?
Who is Thomas Paine?