Taxation & Action
Great Britain wanted to tax the colonies after building up debt by fighting this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
He was a victim of the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
He said that "blows must decide" who will rule America.
Who is King George III?
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Hancock?
Colonists were angry about this decision, because they wanted to make their own decision about what tea to buy.
Who was the Tea Act?
To avoid paying taxes, some colonists did this.
What is smuggling and making their own items?
Information designed to influence opinion is called this.
What is propaganda?
This political body of 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to represent Americans and challenge British authority.
What was the Continental Congress?
He wrote the book Common Sense to help promote the cause of independence.
Who was Thomas Paine?
After winning this battle, the British learned that defeating the Americans would not be easy.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The Proclamation of 1763 specifically declared a prohibition against this.
What was settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
This act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants.
What is the Tea Act?
The two patriot leaders who helped capture Fort Ticonderoga.
Who are Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold?
The bulk of the Declaration of Independence is made up of these.
What are complaints or grievances?
Colonists were divided into these two categories: those that sided with Britain and those that supported a war against Britain.
Who were the Loyalists and the Patriots?
What were the Writs of Assistance, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts?
The Intolerable Acts established a government in __________ and extended its territory south to the ____________ River.
What are Canada and Ohio?
Two of the earliest fights in the march to independence occurred in these two Massachusetts towns.
What were Lexington and Concord?
Three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Two reasons why Benedict Arnold switched sides and betrayed the colonists.
What were anger about being passed over for promotions and being heavily in debt?
According the the book, three specific items taxed by the stamp act.
What were newspapers, wills, and playing cards?
Two specific punishments that the Coercive Acts forced specifically on Massachusetts.
What were closing Boston Harbor and banning town meetings?
The last names of the three men who rode to warn colonists in Massachusetts that the British were coming.
Who were Dawes, Prescott, and Revere?
The building, city, and state where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What was Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Jefferson took ideas from this English philosopher to explain why the colonies should have their freedom.
Who was John Locke?