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I was a representative who went to England to try and persuade Parliament to work with the colonies. I also wrote the book, "Common Sense". I am one of the Founding Fathers.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This event occurred in Boston, Massachusetts when British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 6 people.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This tax was put on sugar. What is its name?
What is The Sugar Act?
This is a person who is loyal to England.
What is a Loyalist?
This document declared our independence from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
I am the commanding general of the Continental Army. I was the first president, and my likeness can be seen on the U.S. quarter. Who am I?
Who is George Washington?
In the town of Lexington, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. What was this event know as?
What was "The Shot Heard Round The World"?
This tax was put on all imported goods from Britain. What is its name?
What is the Townshend Act?
This is the British equivalent of America's Congress.
What is Parliament?
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
I was considered the first person to have died in the Revolutionary War. I lost my life during the Boston Massacre. Who am I?
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Colonists dressed as Native Americans dump over a million dollars worth of tea into the Boston Harbor. This was known as what?
What is The Boston Tea Party?
This is what colonists did in response to the taxation by Britain. It is where they refuse to buy or have any transactions with a specific product or company.
What is a boycott?
A person who fought against English rule was known as what?
What is a patriot?
By siding with the Patriots, all colonial citizens were committing this crime.
What is treason?
I am the leader of Britain! I taxed the colonies to make up for the debt of the French and Indian War. Who am I?
Who is King George?
This man road through the night warning citizens that "The British Are Coming!" Who is he and what does history call the event?
Who is Paul Revere? What is the midnight ride of Paul Revere?
These taxes were made in response to The Boston Tea Party. They focused specifically on Massachusetts and made the colonist miserable.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
When a colonist family is forced to provide food and shelter to British soldiers, it is known as what?
What is providing quarter?
The Declaration of Independence stated that all people have the right to these three things.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
We are the 2nd and 3rd Presidents of the United States. We are two of the Founding Fathers. Who are we?
Who is Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
What were the Green Mountain Boys famous for?
Capturing fort Ticonderoga and moving the 59 cannons to Boston, where they forced a nonviolent British retreat.
This was the cry of the colonist, and their main problem with the way the King was coming up with his laws and taxes. What was said?
What is "NO TAXATION, WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"?
What was the reason that the British King started to tax the American colonies in the first place?
To regain money that was spent on the French and Indian War.
What is an army of volunteers known as? The individuals who were able to assemble at a moments notice were known as what?
What is a Militia? Who were the Minutemen?