British "ACTS"
A tax placed on all paper: newspapers, cards, legal documents
What is the Stamp Act?
The group of men who engaged in harassing, violence and intimidation of English officials.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Where Colonists dressed as Mohawks and dumped tea into the harbor.
What is Boston?
This ended the War of Independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Give me _______ or give me _______!
What is liberty, death?
The tax on sugar and molases
What is the Sugar Act?
Monarch who took the throne at age 22, who had periodic bouts of insanity.
Who is George III?
This colony raised an army of soldiers known as Minutemen to be ready to fight at a moment's notice.
What is Massachusetts?
A street fight escalated from snowballs to gunfire, leaving five colonists dead and six wounded.
What is the Boston "Massacre?'
Government should only be powerful enough to protect these three inalienable rights: ______, Liberty and Estate.
What is Life?
Americans had to house and pay for British soldiers to stay in their houses.
What is the Quartering Act?
American scientist and inventor, wrote Poor Richard's Almanac and was a member of the Continental Congress.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Where the Continental Congress met to declare independence from England.
Where is Philadelphia Pennsylvania?
Famous ride that alerted the Patriots at Lexington of Britain's surprise attack.
What is Paul Revere's ride?
"We hold these truths to be ________"
What is self-evident?
The law prohibiting American Colonies from issuing their own paper money
What is the Currency Act?
A natural woodsman of exceptional courage and self-reliance who led the expedition to explore the lands between the Kentucky and Cumberland rivers.
Who is Daniel Boone?
They had the largest, best trained, and most lavishly supplied navy on earth.
Who is Great Britain?
Washington hammered his men into a tough fighting force while the British grew lazy and comfortable, leading to victory in this important battle.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
..."that all men are________ equal"
What is created?
The law saying Britain could pass new taxes any time they chose to.
What is the Declaratory Act?
He staged a bold counterattack on the British, crossing the Delaware on Christmas night.
Who is George Washington?
This country secretly supported the colonies with munitions and money when it looked like they had a chance at surviving.
What is France?
Nine days after the Boston Tea Party, another 700 chests of tea sank to the bottom of the sea in this event.
Name 5 of the 13 Colonies.
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Carolinas, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware