Colonies
Which colonies relied on slavery?
Southern colonies
What did the Stamp Act require?
A paper stamp on all paper items
What was steadily rising leading up to the Boston Massacre?
Tensions
Which side won at Lexington?
The British
What does "olive branch" mean?
Symbol of Peace
Which is a "cash crop"?
Crops grown to be sold for profit instead of personal use
Tea Act
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
British soldiers shot protestors
Which side won at Concord?
The colonists
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
How did the Middle Colonies make money?
Trading their crops from farming
They were broke after the French and Indian War
What was the colonists' resistance group called?
Sons of Liberty
Why did General Gage march to Concord?
To find the colonists' hidden weapons
Why was Common Sense written?
To persuade other colonists to join the independence movement
Which colonies made money from the forests around them?
Northern colonies
What was the famous quote about the Stamp Act?
"No taxation without representation"
What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbor
What did the colonists do to the British at Concord?
Chased them back to Boston
Where did they want the government's power come from?
From the people/governed
What is a reason why Europeans left to come to America?
Start a new life / never be poor again / religious freedom
Why was Boston the first place to protest the acts?
Their economy relied on imports
Why were the Boston protests important?
It showed other colonists that you can rebel
What did King George III say about the colonists' rights?
The colonists have to fight him for their rights
What was the purpose of writing the Declaration of Independence?
Explain to the world why they were separating from Great Britain