Events that led to the Declaration of Independence

Acts

100

A tax on all paper materials in the colonies.

Stamp Act

200

Legislation that led to colonists boarding British ships and throwing British goods overboard.

Tea Act

300

A tax on colonial imports of lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea, as well as established British commissioners to enforce collection of these taxes.

Townshend Acts

400

Under the _________ The Boston Harbor was closed util restitution was paid for the Boston Tea Party and self-governance was replaced by direct British control in Massachusetts. 

Intolerable Acts

Quotes

100

Following the abrasive taxes placed on the colonies, the colonists began to rally around the cry...

"No taxation without representation"

200

During a battle that involved a hill, colonist soldiers were told to hold their fire until they could ...

"See the Whites of their eyes"

300

The first shot fired at the first battle of the revolutionary war became known as...

"The shot heard round the world"

400

This quote was a warning to the Colonists before the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

"The British are Coming"

Battles/Events

100

As a show of protest, American patriots overtook British ships and threw a certain British good overboard, in what would be called...

The Boston Tea Party

200

A violent event that resulted in the death of 5 colonists and the criminal trials of several British soldiers.

The Boston Massacre

300

This was the first battle of the revolutionary war.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

400

The battle where American colonists were instructed to hold their fire until the enemy was extremely close is known as....

The Battle of Bunker Hill

Random 1

100

He was appointed by the Second Continental Congress as the chief of the Continental army

George Washington

200

The most heated debate over the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was over...

Slavery

300

This was the date that the Declaration of Independence was voted on.

July 2, 1776

400

He is primarily known as the one that warned the colonists that "The British are coming"

Paul Revere

Random 2

100

A tax on all imported sugar and molasses from the French and West Indies.

Sugar Act

200

He wrote the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

300

On July 4, 1776, in order to solidify their Independence from Britain, the Continental Congress adopted the...

Declaration of Independence

400

This publication by Thomas Paine was the first major writing to advocate for independence.

Common Sense