People & Vocab
Attended the First Continental Congress. He was made leader of the new Continental Army.
Question 12: George Washington
*Pay for soldiers sent to guard the Appalachian Mountains *Pay debt from the French and Indian War
Question 17: List 2 reasons why the British needed to tax (get money) the colonists.
*sent a list of grievances to repeal acts passed since 1763 *continued a ban on trade (boycott) *began to train soldiers (militia)
Question 23: How did the First Continental Congress respond?
He attended both the First and Second Continental Congresses. He is known for the famous line, "give me liberty, or give me death!"
Question 10: Patrick Henry
A person who supported the fight for freedom.
Question 7: Patriot
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Question 14: Thomas Jefferson
This forbids colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. It was passed to keep the colonists safe from the Native Americans. Many colonists did not follow the proclamation because they wanted the land.
Question 15: What was the Proclamation of 1763? Why was it passed? Did the colonists obey the line?
These were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The port of Boston was closed until the tea was paid for and town meetings were not allowed.
Question 22: What were the Intolerable Acts? Why were they passed?
British soldiers on their way to Concord met colonial militia at Lexington and shots were fired. First battle of the Revolution.
Question 25: What happened on April 19, 1775?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Question 32: What were the rights given to people in the Declaration?
Citizen soldiers; their nickname was minutemen
Question 5: Militia
*boycotts *burning effigies *formed the Sons/Daughters of Liberty *tarred and feathered tax officials *Committees of Correspondence
Question 18: List 2 ways the colonists organized themselves against the British.
This event occurred when angry colonists approached a British guard. Shots were fired killing 5 colonists.
Question 20: What was the Boston Massacre and why did it take place?
The British soldiers were sent to Concord to take the weapons that were being stored there by the colonists.
Question 24: Why were the British soldiers marching to Concord?
A person who remained loyal to King George III
Question 8: Loyalist
He attended both the First and Second Continental Congress. He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Question 9: Samuel Adams
This act made the colonists house and feed British soldiers.
Question 16: What was the Quartering Act?
This occurred when the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Native Americans, boarded a ship and dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act.
Question 21: What was the Boston Tea Party and why did it take place?
As an attempt for peace, the Second Continental Congress sent a petition to King George III asking him to protect the colonists' rights.
Question 28: What was the Olive Branch Petition?
She urged her husband, John, to "remember the ladies" and their rights in the Declaration of Independence.
Questions 33: Abigail Adams
He wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense, urging colonists to support independence.
Question 13: Thomas Paine
They were being taxed without representation in Parliament.
Question 19: Why were the colonists most upset by all the acts passed by Britain ("battle cry")?
He was responsible for creating the famous print of the Boston Massacre used as propaganda for the colonists. He was also known as the "messenger of the Revolution" for spreading the word that the British army was moving to Concord.
Question 11: Paul Revere
It was a British victory, but the colonists were proud that they had defended the hill twice before running out of gunpowder. The British suffered many casualties.
Question 26: What was the outcome of the Battle of Bunker Hill? Why was it an important battle?
July 4, 1776
Question 29: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?