PEOPLE
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The Stamp act required stamps to be placed on all ______?
Printed Papers (Documents)
An unofficial policy of mercantilism, limiting trade freedom and allowing for the British to be selective with what they see (control)
Salutary Neglect
Founder of "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
John Locke
Dispute between France and Native Americans against Britain for Ohio River Valley
French and Indian War
Who was the tyrant ruler of the mother country?
King George III
The Boston Tea Party
This prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation Line of 1763
"The British are coming"
Paul Revere
Great Britain gained land east of Mississippi River (as a result) and ended war
Treaty of Paris 1763
Which patriot founded the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
What was the tax placed on imported goods?
Townshend Act
The mother country uses the colonies to act as a trading port and source of natural resources
Mercantilism
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Five defenseless men died and others severely injured due to mob rebellion.
Boston Massacre
Who defended the British Soldiers in their trial for the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
What was the first tax placed after the French and Indian War?
The Sugar Act
Assembled in a meeting and wrote list of colonial rights
First Continental Congress
"Join or Die"
Benjamin Franklin
342 chests of tea thrown overboard as a form of civil disobedience/protest
Who was the first African American to give his life for the revolution?
Crispus Attucks
What was the only tax not to be repealed after the Boston Massacre?
The Tea Act
Perpetrators of the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
"There is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island."
Thomas Paine
Group of members from almost each colony reassembling to write Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress