Revolutionary War
What was the effect of the STAMP ACT?
boycotts of British goods
What was one grievance in the Declaration of Independence about helping soldiers in your home?
Quartering soldiers
Saratoga was considered a turning point war because...
France started to support the Americans
What was the most important contribution for Thomas Jefferson?
writing the Declaration of Independence
Ben Frankling is famous for which 3 things?
Inventing, writing, and as an ambassador or diplomat
Why did Parliament pass all of the different tax acts?
to pay the debt for the French and Indian War
What did the Treaty of Paris force Britain to do?
They recognized the United States was an independent country
Colonists hated the Proclamation of 1763 because ...
because they could not EXPAND WESTWARD across the Appalachian Mountains
What did the Sons of Liberty do?
They organized protests against British taxes and punishments
Name the 3 UNALIENABLE RIGHTS
LIFE
LIBERTY
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
The Boston Massacre shows British soldiers shooting unarmed colonists. How many colonists died?
The Intolerable Acts passed because of the Boston Tea Party - the 3 punishments were?
Quartering Soldiers, Martial Law, Closed the harbor in Boston
Why did the colonists have the Boston Tea Party that destroyed 342 chests of tea?
to protest the British Tea Act (Boston Tea Party)
What did the British Song "Yankee Doodle Do?
Made fun of or MOCKED colonists
This document declared OUR independence on July 4, 1776. Name the document.
Declaration of Independence
Sons of Liberty mostly protested against...
taxation by Great Britain after thr French and Indian War
How did colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
At the 1st Continental Congress they discussed fighting back
General Cornwallis surrendered at the LAST battle of Yorktown - what happened?
the 2 sides signed the TREATY of PARIS and the war ended
Which ACT placed a tax on glass, wool, paper, lead, and paint?
The Townshend Acts
Popular slogans during the American Revolution
"Give me liberty or give me death"
"No taxation without representation"