To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms.
What is boycott
100
Was the first president of the 2nd Continental Congress?
Who is John Hancock
100
What petition did the delegates offer the king to avoid war.
What is Olive Branch Petition.
100
Why did British general Gage travel to Concord?
What is he had orders to seize weapons and ammunition.
100
What British regulation prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Proclamation of 1763.
200
American colonist who favored American independence?
What is Patriot.
200
Was a member of the Virginia House of Burgess who made resolution to rid colonist of the Stamp Act.
Who is Patrick Henry.
200
What was the colonist BEST method to hurt Britain merchants money.
What is boycott.
200
During the Revolutionary era, civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice.
What is Minuteman.
200
What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?
What is Continental Congress.
300
Introduction
What is Preamble.
300
He was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys who later took Fort Ticonderoga.
What is Ethan Allen.
300
What role did Benedict Arnold play in both helping and hurting the American cause?
What is he joined Ethan Allen to take Ft. Ticonderoga and he later sold military information to the British and led raids against the Americans in VA and Conn.
300
Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
What is Crispus Attucks.
300
What did some colonist do to avoid taxes?
a. went to court
b. gained control of assemblies
c. resorted to smuggling.
What is c. resorted to smuggling.
400
A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual
What is effigy
400
Urged colonist to wear homemade fabrics rather than buying fabric in Britain.
Who are Daughters of Liberty.
400
What state did the battles of Lexington and Concord take place?
What is Massachusetts.
400
Which battle did the British learn that defeating Americans was not going to be easy?
What is Battle of Bunker Hill.
400
TRUE OR FALSE:
Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts.
What is False.
500
An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies
What is Committee of Correspondence.
500
His idea that people are born with certain natural rights to life, liberty, and property influence Thomas Jefferson.
Who is John Locke.
500
What did the colonial leaders do after the Boston Massacre to sway opinions of colonist?
What is propaganda.
500
How were the results of the battle at Lexington different from the results at Concord?
What is Lexington, some militia died in a brief skirmish and Concord, the British took heavy losses in a pitched battle and on their march back to Boston.
500
Five reasons why Jamestown settlement was successful...
What is John Smith
alliance with native Americans
tobacco
everyone had to work