People
This man helped shape the U.S Constitution, served the country as a diplomat, and made a political cartoon showing the weakness of the colonies being divided. (p. 195)
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This place is called Boston (p. 203)
Where did the Boston Tea Party take place?
This event was held by the Sons and Daughters of Liberty in order to rebel against the Tea Tax (p. 203)
Who held the Boston Tea Party?
This act taxed paper, lead, tea, and glass. (p. 197)
What were the Townshend Acts?
Def: to tax products coming into the colonies (p. 197)
What is the definition of tariffs?
This man worked as a spy in the American Revolution and helped Americans win a decisive battle. (p. 189)
Who was James Armistead?
This place is called Lexington (p. 208)
Where did the British battle with the minutemen and continue on to Concord?
This event was the beginning shot of the Revolutionary War. (p. 208)
What was the ”shot heard around he world”?
This act taxed all things made of paper. (p. 194)
What was the Stamp Act?
Def: tax collections (p. 197)
What is the meaning of customs?
This man betrayed the Patriots and in 1780, he plotted to surrender to the British the fort West Point, New Work. (p. 225)
What did Benedict Arnold do to become a famous traitor?
This place is called Saratoga. (p. 225)
Where did Thaddeus Kosciusko help the Patriots build a fort near the city?
This war was fought between Great Britain and the 13 American colonies. (p. 190)
Who fought in the Revolutionary War?
This act didn’t allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. (p. 193)
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Def: to keep (p. 196)
What is the definition of retained?
This man’s ideas about liberty and equality convinced many colonists that the time had come for independence. (p. 214)
Who was John Locke?
This place is called Yorktown. (p. 226)
Where did the French and Americans team up to defeat the British?
Thomas Paine writes common sense. (p. 220)
What was an effort to change people’s minds so they supported independence?
This act closed Boston Harbor until all the destroyed tea was paid for. (p. 204)
What were the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
Def: the killing of many people (p. 201)
What is the meaning of massacre?
These people wrote the Declaration of Independence. (p. 215)
What did Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston work together on?
This place is called Chesapeake Bay. (p. 235)
Where did the French Navy ships sail in order to block and prevent the British from rescuing Cornwallis?
This event caused many Bostonians to flee Boston because of British invasion. (p. 230)
What was the Siege of Boston?
This act sent the message that the king retained the authority to make laws for the colonies. (p. 196)
What was the Declaratory Acts of 1766?
Def: to be controlled by the British military (p. 204)