Key Terms
a joining of several different groups for a common purpose
confederation
Unpopular British colonial policies, such as taxation without ________________.
representation
Colonists called the British "Coercive Acts" this?
A. Stamp Act
B. Intolerable Acts
C. Writ of Assistance
B. Intolerable Acts
They sent a Declaration of __________ and
___________ to the king. This was the first
unified colonial protest.
Rights and Grievances
Met in South Carolina in 1774 in response to the Intolerable Acts
True or False
If False, make true
False, Philadelphia
Sent this to King George during the 2nd Continental Congress in Philadelphia
Olive Branch Petition
a representative
delegate
Growing political ____________among the colonies.
unity, togethernes
Required and heavily enforced taxes on sugar and other gods imported into America.
Sugar Act
_______________repealed the Stamp Act.
Parliament
Included delegates from every colony but Georgia. Among them were John Adams, George Washington, and John Jay.
True or False
If False make true
True
John Hancock was chosen president of the Congress.
True or False. If false, make true.
True
the principle that government exists only with the consent of the governed.
popular sovereignty:
Colonial protests against ______________ policies.
British
Taxed printed paper, including legal documents, newspapers and playing cards.
Stamp Act
Colonists created Committees of _______ to organize resistance.
Correspondence
Sent a Declaration of ___________ to King George that protested Britain’s colonial policies.
Rights
The Battles of Lexington and Concord had already been fought and the ____________ War begun.
Revolutionary
Tax
Duty
British efforts to ____________ some colonies for showing independence.
punish, hurt
Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
A. Townshend Acts
B. Intolerable Acts
C. Writ of Assistance
A. Townshend Acts
Events like the Boston _________ and Boston__________ Party raised tensions.
Massacre
Tea Party
Urged colonists to ___________ trade with England until hated laws were repealed.
boycott
A continental army was created and ___________ was made commander-in-chief.
George Washington
Order of the Documents we studied
Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, Common Sense, DOI, Articles of Confederation, Constitution
Fighting between colonists and British ____________. .
soldiers
Named by the colonist, including the port of Boston until colonists paid for the tea dumped during the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
New laws continued to anger colonists.
They responded with __________ and ____________.
Boycotts Violence Protests
Answers may Vary
Gained the support of all 13 colonial legislatures and called for a ___________ Congress to meet the following May.
second
This Congress became America’s _________ national government, from 1776-1781.
first