vocabulary
Events leading to declaration
Declaration of Independence
continental congress
How well do I know my teacher?
100
This part of a musket is used for close combat.
What is the bayonette?
100
This led to Britain being in debt and King George seeking new sources of money.
What is the french and Indian War?
100
The primary author of the DOI.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The first continental congress met because of these.
What were the British taxes?
100
Miss Akhahon has how many sons?
What is zero?
200
This is a military strategy where smaller bands of soldiers carry out surprise attacks
What is guerrilla warfare?
200
The king made this act to help the colonists pay for the war debt. They had to put them on paper documents.
What is stamp act?
200
The unalienable rights named in the Declaration of Independence are
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
200
The second continental congress met in this city.
What is Philadelphia Pennsylvania?
200
What 3 subjects (main subjects) has Miss Akhahon has taught at Stonegate
What Ancient Civilizations (6), World History (7) and US History (8)?
300
The name of the war fought between Great Britain and the American colonies
What is the Revolutionary War or American Revolution?
300
This deadly event led Paul Revere to publish a biased drawing in Boston Newspaper that further angered the colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments exist for this reason.
What is to secure people's rights?
300
What congressional delegate began the debates for independence?
Who is John Adams?
300
Who is Ms. Akhahon's favorite celebrity/athlete/bae
Who is Stephen Curry?
400
Committing crimes against one's country is called...?
What is treason?
400
The Intolerable acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists after the tea party and closed down Bostons'...
What is harbor?
400
The beginning part of the Declaration of Independence is called this
What is the preamble?
400
The first continental congress wrote this for the king.
What is a letter asking that Britain respect the colonists rights as British citizens.
400
Which class period is Ms. Akhahon's favorite?
What is 3rd period?
500
a person that represents a group of people in a meeting.
What is a delegate?
500
These people opposed the war for religious reasons.
Who are Quakers?
500
Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence that people have the right and duty to do this to governments that are harmful.
What is alter or abolish them.
500
Thomas Paine wrote this to help the colonists understand why it was important to become independent of Britain.
What is common sense?
500
What is Miss Akhahon's favorite hobby?
What is dance
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