gave monopoly of tea to East India Tea Company (a British company) for trade in America
What is Tea Act?
100
those who supported the cause of North American independence in the American Revolution
Who are the Patriots?
100
"...unlawful search and seizure..."
Who is James Otis?
100
won his role in history and legend by making his midnight ride to Lexington and Concord to warn the Patriots there of the British advance from Boston
Who is Paul Revere?
200
Commander of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States of America.
Who is George Washington?
200
a direct British tax on a wide variety of printed materials (documents, land deeds, books, newspapers)
What is the Stamp Act?
200
the derisive nickname that Patriots gave to the colonists who remained loyal to Britain; they were often referred to as Tories
Who are the Loyalists?
200
"From the day on which an accommodation takes place between England and America,...I shall date the ruin of this country."
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
Sons of Liberty disguised as Natives dumped tea into the harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
Served in the Continental Congress and was a signer on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Samuel Adams?
300
abolished use of paper money in the colonies
What is the Currency Act?
300
women who wove "homespun" clothing for themselves and their families during the colonial boycotts of British goods
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
300
pamphlet that presented the American colonists with a powerful argument for independence from British rule
What is Common Sense?
300
a confrontation between colonists and British troops that left five workers dead when panicky troops fired into a crowd
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
One of the most celebrated of America's Founding Fathers; helped to draft both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
- closed Boston Harbor unit tea was paid
- colonials tried in English courts instead of American courts
- British troops housed in colonial homes
- self-government limited in Massachusetts
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
400
a driving force behind some of the first colonial boycotts of British goods
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
400
John Locke's beliefs that people will do the right thing as a group, and that all people have natural rights
What is the Social Contract Theory?
400
published the influential pamphlet Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics
Who is Abigail Adams?
500
search warrants that allowed British officers to seek good without warrants for places they entered
What is the Writs of Assistance?
500
delegates met with the purpose of getting England to repeal the Intolerable Acts
What is the Continental Congress?
500
"Remember that all men would be tyrants if they could..."
Who is Abigail Adams?
500
wrote that government should protect the lives, liberty, and property of those who live within it