Geography
This continent was home to the 13 colonies.
North America
Which amendment protects you from being illegally seized or searched by authorities without a warrant?
The Fourth Amendment
This war caused the British to have a lot of debt.
The French and Indian War/Seven Years War
This group of people had their land taken away by the colonists.
Native Americans
The primary goal of this act was to bring an end to smuggling.
The Sugar Act
On which continent can Great Britain be found?
Europe
This man wrote a 47-page pamphlet titled "Common Sense."
Thomas Paine
To help pay off their national debt, the British decided to impose what on the colonies?
Taxes
This term describes the group of people who did not choose sides during the revolutionary war. In other words, they did not support the British or the colonists.
Neutral
This act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies.
The Stamp Act
Which ocean separated the American colonies from the British?
The Atlantic Ocean
Event in which colonial leaders in Boston dumped large amounts of tea into the Boston Harbor is called what?
The Boston Tea Party
Because of unfair laws, as well as British soldiers occupying their city, colonists got into an altercation with British soldiers which resulted in the deaths of five colonists. What did the colonists name this event?
The Boston Massacre
This term describes the group of people who were loyal to the British during the Revolutionary War.
Loyalists
This act angered the colonists because they wanted to make their own decisions about what tea they could buy.
The Tea Act
Which mountain range were the colonists prohibited from moving west of according to the Proclamation of 1763?
The Appalachian Mountains
This law prohibited the colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation of 1763
Finish this sentence, "The colonists believed in no taxation without _________.
Representation
This term describes the colonists who were strongly anti-British and called for independence.
Patriots
This act imposed taxes on several British goods such as glass, lead and paint BEFORE they could be bought or sold in the colonies.
The Townshend Acts
Which of the 13 colonies did the British punish the most?
Massachussetts
This document allowed British officers to search the colonists almost anywhere, including in shops, warehouses and even in their homes.
Writ of assistance
By declaring independence, the 13 colonies would be become what?
A new nation/country.
This group was known for their famous red uniforms.
British Redcoats
A series of four acts passed by the British which included the Quartering Act, the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act and the administration of Justice Act was the called the what?
The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)