Colonies resist Britain
Tensions
intolerable acts-Lexington
peace vs. war
independence
100
The Stamp Act
What required colonists to purchase a stamped paper for every legal document?
100
A Bristish attack on defenseless citizens
What did the colonists see the Boston massacre as?
100
King Charles III
what king was ruling during the boston tea party
100
John Adams
who proposed that each colony set up its own government?
100
Thomas Jefferson
who wrote the declaration of independence?
200
Samuel Adams
Who was a founder of the sons of liberty?
200
They communicated with other colonies to discuss threats to american liberty
What is the committees of correspondence?(what did they do)
200
Law imposed by military forces
What is martial law?
200
wool
What were the British uniforms made out of?
200
Thomas Jefferson
who suggested the idea of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
300
The Townshend Act
What was an indirect tax that was proposed after the stamp act?
300
Tea
The British East India Company had a monopoly on what import?
300
civilian soldiers
who were the minutemen
300
The minutemen ran out of ammunition
why did the British win at the battle of bunker hill
300
Those who opposed independence and remained loyal to the crown
what were Loyalists?
400
With anger and resistance
How did colonists react to the Townshend act?
400
Native Americans
What did the rebels disguise themselves as for the boston tea party
400
the battle at Lexington
What battle was a "glorious day for america"
400
King George
who rejected the olive branch petition?
400
Valley Forge
What was the site of the continental armies camp?
500
Liberty
British agents in Boston seized which ship?
500
18,000 pounds
How many pounds of tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor?
500
Adams and Hancock
Who were key leaders at the lexington battle?
500
Thomas Paine
Who wrote common sense?
500
Saratoga
What battle was the turning point of the war?
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