Important Leaders
What is the name of the English king
King George III
What did the Colonists do to the tax collectors?
Tar and Feathered them
What war caused the British to tax the colonists
French and Indian War
What were the colonists that wanted to stay with the British called?
Loyalists
What was the law that was passed to tell the colonists not to travel west?
The Proclamation of 1763
Who is the leader of the French Army
Lafayette
What is another name for the French and Indian War
The 7 year War
What caused the colonists to pay taxes on all paper documents
Stamp Act
What is the name of the savages who attack the colonists?
Indians
How many pounds of Tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor?
90,000 pounds
Who was the leader of the colonial armies?
George Washington
What was the date the D.O.I. was created.
7/4/1776
What act taxed all things with sugar (tea, molasses, indigo)
Sugar Act
What is name of the group of people who want their independence from Britain
Patriots
What is it when the colonists dumped tea in the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Who is the man that negotiated the Treaty of Paris?
Benjamin Franklin
Due to the Treaty of Paris our official name becomes what as stated in the D.O.I.?
The United States of America.
What is the document that was sent to King George III and British Parliament that said that we were no longer subjects of England?
Declaration of Independence
The people who couldn't decide between being loyal to England or Loyal to the colonists?
Neutralists
What is the name of the incident in which 5 colonists were killed.
Boston Massacre
Who said no taxes without representation
The Colonists or People/James Otis
The French
What is the act that caused colonists to allow soldiers to stay with them
Quartering Act
What is the name of the Americans
Colonists
What is the response to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts