Vocabulary
People
Events
Acts
Declaration of Independence
100
Another word for delegate
Representative
100
"The Redcoats are coming!"
Paul Revere
100
War between the French and the British
The French and Indian War
100
This act led to the Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act
100
The opening part of the Declaration is called this
Preamble
200
This means to refuse to buy certain goods or services
Boycott
200
Has a very famous autograph
John Hancock
200
This started with snowballs and ended with colonists being killed.
The Boston Massacre
200
A tax on printed material
The Stamp Act
200
He wrote the Declaration
Thomas Jefferson
300
Explain a petition
A signed request to a person or group
300
The colonists felt a lot of resentment (anger) towards this important British leader.
King George III
300
Describe the Boston Tea Party
Colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, threw 342 chests of tea owned by the British East India Company overboard the ships at night.
300
Explain the meaning of tax
Money collected by the government
300
A list of complaints against King George III
Grievances
400
Representation or delegates
400
Started as a farmer and became well known after fighting as a soldier
George Washington
400
This happened on July 4. 1776 (kind of)
The Declaration of Independence was signed
400
A tax on glass, led, and paint
The Townshend Acts
400
He was the President of the Continental Congress and first signer of the Declaration
John Hancock
500
Explain a monopoly and give one example.
When one group or person has complete control over a product or service. Example: Apple, Amazon
500
Brother of a U.S. President who formed the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
500
Describe 2 differences and similarities between the First and Second Continental Congress
Differences: they happened a year apart (1774 and 1775), Georgia only sent delegates to the Second, fighting had started before the Second congress
Similarities: letters were written to Britain, occurred in Philadelphia, many meetings
500
Another name for the Coercive Acts that shows how the colonists felt about them
The Intolerable Acts
500
According to the writers of the Declaration, all people have the right to these
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness