This event started the Road to Revolution.
The French and Indian War
This act of Parliament required a tax be paid on documents and papers.
Stamp Act
boycott
The "shot heard round the world" was fired here.
Lexington
Date of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Colonists fought the Revolutionary War because they desired ______.
freedom/independence
With this act, Parliament actually lowered the tax on molasses to try to prevent smuggling.
Sugar Act
This term describes the efforts of colonists to rally support against the British by calling the killing of 5 colonists by British Soldiers in Boston on March 5, 1770 a massacre.
propaganda
The famous quote, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes", was given during this battle.
Battle of Bunker Hill
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The British tried to control ______ leading to the Revolutionary War.
the Colonists
As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of acts called _____.
the Coercive/Intolerable Acts
As a reaction to the Stamp Act, 9 of 13 colonies met in what has become known as the Stamp Act Congress with the famous slogan ______.
No taxation without representation.
The British almost captured the Continental Army at this battle.
Battle for Brooklyn/Long Island
equal
The Second Continental Congress appointed ______ to lead the Continental Army,
George Washington
This act of Parliament forbade the colonists from settling in the Ohio Valley.
Proclamation of 1763
Sons of Liberty
Washington led the colonists to their first victory at this battle going back across the Delaware River on Christmas.
Battle of Trenton
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
He was the first person killed in the American Revolution, albeit he was killed before the war at the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Townshend Act
Before declaring independence in 1776, the Second Continental Congress issued this in 1775.
Olive Branch Petition
Battle of Saratoga
According to the Declaration of Independence, this is the purpose of government.
to secure these rights