Causes
British gained a great amount of land from France in what war?
What is the French & Indian War.
Who hand wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is What is Boston Harbor
The French agreed to be friendly partners with the Patriots. What is an agreement between countries called.
What is an alliance.
In the Intolerable Acts the colonist were required to _______ British soldiers.
House and feed ...... quarter.
The group that dumped British tea into the harbor.
Who are the Son's of Liberty.
Who represented (as a lawyer) the British soldiers who killed colonists during the Boston Massacre?
Who is John Adams.
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies
What is What is The Atlantic Ocean.
These were small groups of men who were trained to go into battle. This was before the Continental Army was formed.
What were: militias
To refuse to use or buy something.
What is boycott.
Stamp Act, Tea Act, Townsend Act, and the Declaration of Independence led to _____.
What is The American Revolution
This nickname describes the British soldiers based on appearance.
What is Redcoats.
Who created a cartoon with the colonies depicted as a snake cut into 13 pieces?
Benjamin Franklin
Acting out against King George the III was considered ______.
Treason
Colonist against the British rule were called?
What is Patriot.
Britain punished Boston with Intolerable Acts because of this incident.
What is What is the Boston Tea Party.
Who became the leader of the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington?
What are the three rights the Declaration of Independence states that every human being is born with?
What are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
To work together to reach an agreement is called _______.
What is negotiate.
The formal meeting of men to make decisions and laws is called ______?
Congress
Colonists forced to quarter British soldiers, be under martial law, and have their port blocked is called ______?
What is the Intolerable Acts.
In America a person who supported the fight for independence was called a _____.
What is Patriot.
The German men who were paid by the British to fight the Patriots were called _____?
What is Mercenaries.
A life sized puppet is called an ______?
Effigy
Those who were for British rule were called?
What are Loyalists.