Before the Conflict
British Acts
Colonial Resistance
Conflict and Congress
Rights and Independence
100
This country controlled the American colonies.
Great Britain
100
What 1765 act required colonists to pay taxes for printed materials, including newspapers and legal documents?
The Stamp Act
100
This group formed in Boston to oppose the Stamp Act.
Sons of Liberty
100
British soldiers killed five protesters during this 1770 event.
The Boston Massacre
100
John Locke identified life, liberty, and this as natural rights.
property
200
This policy allowed the colonies to largely govern themselves.
salutary neglect
200
What act gave Parliament the power to make laws controlling the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”?
The Declaratory Act.
200
This women’s group organized boycotts of British goods.
Daughters of Liberty
200
Britain closed this harbor through the Coercive Acts.
Boston Harbor
200
This phrase described taxes imposed by the Parliament without the colonists’ approval.
“No taxation without representation."
300
This economic system allowed Britain to regulate colonial trade.
mercantilism
300
What 1767 laws required colonists to pay taxes for imported glass, tea, lead, paint, and paper?
The Townshend Acts.
300
Nine colonies sent representatives to this 1765 meeting.
Stamp Act Congress
300
The Coercive Acts were also known by this name in the colonies.
The Intolerable Acts
300
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet supporting independence.
Common Sense
400
Which country fought Britain for control of land in North America?
France
400
What act required the colonies to provide housing for British troops?
The Quartering Act.
400
During what event did colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
400
Every colony except this one attended the First Continental Congress.
Georgia
400
This document officially announced that the colonies were breaking ties with Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
500
The French and Indian War began over control of land in this region.
The Ohio River Valley
500
This 1773 act allowed only one British company to sell tea in the colonies.
The Tea Act
500
During the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty dressed as members of which two Native nations?
The Mohawk and Narragansett nations.
500
What two battles began the American Revolutionary War on the same day in April 1775?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord.
500
What principle means that government receives its power from the people, who can change it if it becomes unfair?
Consent of the governed