Vocabulary
Battle
Famous People
Miscellaneous
Acts
100
Incoming money from taxes or other sources
What is Revenue
100
Protest gone wrong; British soldier opened fire on colonists killing 5 of them
What is the Boston Massacre
100
A representative at the Continental Congress who convinced people to write a Declaration of Independence
What is John Adams
100
A document sent to King George III asking him nicely to take away all the tax laws and to view colonists as citizens
What is Olive Branch Petition
100
Taxed paper goods
What is Stamp Act
200
To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or to force acceptance of one's terms
What is Boycott
200
British troops marched to these towns to try and destroy the colonists' supplies
What is Lexington and Concord
200
The first person to die in the events of the American Revolution. He was part African part Native American
What is Crispus Attucks
200
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776
200
Lowered taxes on Molasses
What is Sugar Act
300
To cancel an act or law
What is Repeal
300
A large battle where the British won against the colonists but at a great cost. 1,000 British troops were either killed or wounded
What is Battle of Bunker Hill
300
Representative at the Continental Congress and a speaker for Britain
What is Benjamin Franklin
300
The people have the right to do this if the government does not protect them
What is over throw (kick them out)
300
Law that allowed British soldiers to stay in someone's home and use their bed and get food
What is Quartering Act
400
Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause (influence someone's opinion)
What is Propaganda
400
Who took fort Ticonderoga from the British and then later sold information and supplies to the British
What is Benedict Arnold
400
Leader of Great Britain and the one who created several tax laws.
What is King George III
400
American colonists who still helped the British and fought for them during the war.
What is Loyalists
400
Taxed imported goods (goods brought into the country) before they could buy them.
What is Townshend Act
500
The introduction to a formal document that tells why the document was written
What is Preamble
500
Protest where tea was thrown off boats and into the Boston harbor
What is Boston Tea Party
500
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson
500
Colonists who fought against the British and wanted Independence
What is Patriot
500
lowered the taxes on tea but allowed one company to determine what would be sold
What is the Tea Act
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