Vocabulary
Vocab: To act or speak on behalf of someone
What is: Representation
Vocabulary: freedom
What is independence
Vocabulary: Document declaring that the United States was a free state
What is the Declaration of Independence.
I helped write the Articles of Confederation
Who is John Dickinson
I was part of the Midnight Ride.
Who is Paul Revere.
Vocabulary: To refuse to buy a good or service
What is boycott
Vocabulary: first shot of the Revolutionary War; happened at Lexington and Concord
What is "The Shot Heard Around the World"
Vocabulary: This was a protest and rebellion against Britain because of the tax on tea
What is the Boston Tea Party
Who is Thomas Paine.
I formed the Committee of Correspondence.
Who is Samuel Adams.
Vocabulary: To have complete control of a product or service
What is monopoly
Vocabulary: Militia Unit named for being ready to fight right away.
What are minutemen.
Vocabulary: This was the first blood shed of the American Revolutionary War where 5 Americans were killed by British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre
Who is George Washington
I was an African American sailor who was killed during the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks.
Vocabulary: working against someone's own government
What is treason
Vocabulary: written document sent to King George III as a peace offering
What is The Olive Branch Petition
Vocabulary: This was a group formed by Samuel Adams to keep the colonists informed through letter writing about parliament's new taxes and acts put on the colonists
What are Committees of Correspondence
I wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
I was a diplomat for the colonies that traveled to Europe to fight for America's independence. I also was an inventor, philosopher, and author.
Who was Benjamin Franklin.
Vocabulary: Known to the colonists as the "Intolerable Acts"; laws put in place to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive Acts
Vocabulary: tax laws placed on all printed goods
What is the Stamp Act
Vocabulary: This was a law forbidding settlement of colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
I said the famous phrase: "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry
I was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. I also signed my name so big so that King George III didn't have to wear his glasses to see my name.
Who is John Hancock.