Colonial Resistance
British Control
American Militia
Declaration of Independence
I know That Person!!!!
100
This protest called for the refusal of buying or using British goods
What is a Boycott.
100
This was a British tax on Sugar and Molasses in the Colonies.
What is the Sugar Act.
100
These American Militia Men were ready to fight at a "Minutes Notice".
Who are Minute Men.
100
According the Declaration of Independence, all men are what?
What is Created Equal.
100
This American Colonists served as a General for the British, later becoming a General for the First Continental Army.
Who is George Washington.
200
This group of Colonial rebels organized protests and boycotts and was led by Samuel Adams.
Who are the Sons of Liberty.
200
This required a legal stamp to be purchased for all legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act.
200
American Militia Men and British soldiers first faced off at these 2 locations beginning the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord.
200
The following are identified as "Unalienable Rights" in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
200
He was considered the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
300
This event that took place on a cold snowy evening left 4 Colonists dead became the basis of outrage against the British.
What is the Boston Massacre.
300
This act allowed British soldiers to stay at the home of Colonists.
What is the Quartering Act.
300
The British marched on Lexington and Concord ready to confiscate what from the American Colonists?
What is artillery, weapons.
300
Written by Thomas Paine, this Pamphlet enouraged many American Colonists to want to become independent from British rule.
What is "Common Sense".
300
He was a Journalist who wrote "Common Sense".
Who was Thomas Paine
400
Many British loyalists and officials were subjected to this aggression to both humiliate and intimidate.
What is tar and feathering.
400
This act gave an unfair tax advantage to the East India Tea Company and forced the Colonists buy British Tea.
What is the Tea Act.
400
At this famous American Revolution battle, Colonel William Prescott yelled "Don't fire untill you see the White of their eyes".
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill.
400
According to the Declaration of Independence, when a government become destructive to Unalienable rights, it is the right of the people to what?
What is to alter or abolish the government.
400
He rode through the American Colonies warning the Colonists of the "Regulars" coming to attack.
Who is Paul Revere.
500
The Boston tea party took place because of an unfair tax advantage for this British tea company.
What is the East India Trading Company.
500
This British measured provided for the search warrants of smuggled goods in Colonists homes.
What is The Writs of Assistance.
500
At this meeting all trading with the British was banned, and the training of Militia Men was established.
What is the First Continental Congress.
500
The Declaration of Independence was modeled after many of the ideas of this 18th century intellectual movement.
What is the Enlightenment.
500
This famous Enlightenment thinker was very influental in the ideas behind the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke.
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