Fill in the Blank
The Colonist began to ______British goods to protest the taxes on imports
boycott
Explain the difference between an indentured servant and a slave
indentured servant worked by choice, slaves were treated as property
The colonials did not have anyone to that brought issues to the king for them, their battle cry became
no taxation without representation
What is the date the Declaration was WRITTEN
JULY 2
What month has 28 days?
The ________threatened stamp distributers until Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act
Sons of Liberty
What is the difference between a patriot and a loyalist?
Patriots=. New land
Let Soldiers stay in your house
What day was the Declaration signed?
July 4
what is always in front of you but can't see yet
the future
The Boston Port Act punished both the ___________ and the loyalists because goods were not allowed into or out of the city.
patriots
Where were the Hessians from?
Germany
The Township Act taxed this popular drink
tea
We hold these ______to be self evident
truths
There's a one story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color were the stairs?
its a one story house
King George III decided to place tariffs on British ___________ that were shipped to America to pay the debt from the French and Indian War.
exports
What side were French soldiers fighting on?
Colonials
Explain the stamp act
tax paper goods
That they are endowed by their creator with certain ___________.
unalienable rights
What can break even if you never pick it up or touch it?
a promise
. The British parliament felt it was fair to tax the _____________because Great Britain spent a lot of money protecting the colonists.
Colonies
This group of people pulled off the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
Daily double
As revenge for the Boston Tea Party, King George punished the colonials by passing the ________________ , a tax that was to be paid until the money was recovered from the tea losses.
Intolerable acts
Among these are __________,_________,__________
life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness
What comes up, but never down?
age
Daily Double
When King George III declared the colonies to be in open rebellion, the First ___________________ began training a ____________ in case war broke out.
militia
He once commanded an army against the French but he ended up leading the colonials against the British.
George Washington
Explain the Proclamation of 1763
East of the Appalachian Mountains
What does it say in the Declaration where powers of the government come from?
the people
I have branches, but not fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
a bank