Vocabulary
People
Major Events
Laws
Mixed
100
What does it mean to have a voice in one's government?
representation
100
Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
100
What was the major cause of the French and Indian War?
France and Britain both claimed the same lands in North America.
100
These Acts were given their name because the colonists thought they were intolerable.
The Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts
100
What happened on July 4, 1776, that makes it such an important date in American history?
Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence.
200
To refuse to buy
boycott
200
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
200
This battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
The battles at Lexington and Concord.
200
This Act put a tax on colonial newspapers and other paper documentation.
The Stamp Act
200
How did many colonists protest the taxes placed on British goods?
They refused to buy British goods
300
What was the document sent to the king, stating the colonists' rights. (You may be asked to sign one some day.)
a petition
300
Who organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and was thought to have planned the Boston Tea Party?
Samuel Adams
300
This battle proved to the British that the colonies would not be easy to defeat in the battle. The king then sent more troops to the colonies.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
300
The British government did this to help pay the expenses of the French and Indian War.
They passed new tax laws for the colonies.
300
How did Committees of Correspondence help the colonists fight British rule?
They spread information quickly.
400
Going against one's own government
treason
400
Who was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation?
John Dickinson
400
The Battle of Bunker Hill was really fought on this hill.
Breed's Hill
400
These Acts were passed by the British government as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
The Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts
400
What was the first plan of government for the United States called?
the Articles of Confederation
500
What were the laws and orders issued by the King and the British government?
imperial policies
500
Who called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain?
Richard Henry Lee
500
This group met to decide how to repond to British policies and actions, such as the Coercive Acts. The sent a petition to the king stating the colonists' rights. It agreed to stop most trade with Britain. It asked the colonies to form militias.
The First Continental Congress
500
This was a British announcement that set aside the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for American Indians. Many colonists were angry about the proclamation, and many ignored it by continuing to settle on those lands.
The Proclamation of 1763
500
What is one effect that the Articles of Confederation had on the new nation?
The states were held together as a nation during the Revolutionary War.
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