Vocabulary
Loyalists
Patriots
Who made these arguments for or against independence?
Who took these actions for or against independence?
100
A colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from Britain.
What is a loyalist?
100
A religious leader from Maryland.
Who is Jonathan Boucher?
100
He helped form the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
100
Colonists can no longer trust Britain.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
He helped form the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
A colonist who argued in favor of independence from Britain.
What is a patriot?
200
He was governor of Massachusetts and enforced the Stamp Act.
Who is Thomas Hutchinson?
200
He tried to convince the British to treat the colonies more fairly.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
Disobeying the king is like disobeying God.
Who is Jonathan Boucher?
200
She wrote poems and plays to encourage people to become patriots.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
300
A colonist who was undecided about independence from Britain.
What is a neutralist?
300
His house was broken into and furniture and books were destroyed.
Who is Thomas Hutchinson?
300
This person wrote plays and poems promoting independence.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
300
Britain created the colonies and protected them, so it had a right to rule them.
Who is Lord Dunmore?
300
He promised to free any slaves who joined on the side of the British.
Who is Lord Dunmore?
400
Freedom from another country.
What is independence?
400
He attacked Patriot homes along the James River and was on of the most hated loyalists.
Who is Lord Dunmore?
400
This person believed that women should be allowed to participate in government.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
400
Families had too hard of a time earning enough money to pay for expensive British goods.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
400
He used his talents as the colonies' representative to the British government in England.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
A person who acts again his or her own country (a Benedict Arnold).
What is a traitor.
500
He kept a loaded gun near him during sermons.
Who is Jonathan Boucher?
500
He believed so much in independence that he wore a military coat and hat every day.
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
Colonists should have the power to change unfair laws, and if not given this power, they should become an independent country.
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
Colonists should be able to elect their own governors.
Who is Samuel Adams?
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