Ohio
What happened at the Boston Massacre
An out of control crowd of unarmed American protestors were shot by British soldiers in Boston, Massachusetts
What did the stamp act do?
Put a tax on stamps and paper products
Who famously rode at night to warn the colonists "The British are coming"
Paul Revere
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
Which Native American tribe allied themselves with the British during the French and Indian war
The Iroquois
What was being done to tax collectors in the colonies once the British started implementing taxes
Tar and Feathering
What did the Quartering Acts do?
Allowed British soldiers to sleep and stay at colonists homes
A British supporter in the American colonies was called what
A Loyalist
What was the Olive Branch Petition
A last attempt to strike a peace agreement between the colonists and the British before the American Revolution
How did England attempt to prevent the French and Indian war
Preventing their settlers from going into French territory (past the appalachian mountains)
What percent of colonists supported the American Independence movement
40%
What came first the sugar act or the tea act
the sugar act
What method did the American colonists use to fight the British considering they were outnumbered and out gunned?
Guerilla Warefare
What is the main idea of common sense
That the American colonists deserved their independence from England and that the king of England is unjust
How does the French and Indian war lead to the American Revolution
American colonists were unsatisfied with the taxation from England
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans to do what? What message were they trying to send as well?
To do the Boston Tea party and oppose British taxation
Why were the intolerable acts implemented?
In response to the Boston Tea Party
What was the first battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
Name two of the three founding fathers we covered that wrote The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin
What land did the British gain from the French and Indian war
Canada, Florida, Frances western territory in the U.S.
What does "No taxation without representation"?
People shouldn't be taxed unless they have a say in government
Name two policies the intolerable acts implemented?
Closed Boston Harbor, Banned meetings, Prevented them from governing themselves, British officers were no longer being charged for crimes committed in the Americas, The Quartering Act became strictly enforced, Colonists land near the border was given to Canada
After their original defeat which town did American troops regroup at before attacking the British
Concord
What is the significance of the Declaration of Independence
It officially declared our independence from England