Acts and Taxes
What was the Sugar Act?
Act that enforced anti-smuggling laws in the colonies. Taxed sugar and Molasses.
What was significance of Lexington and Concord?
Started the Revolutionary War
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Who was the leader of the continental army?
George Washington
What was the Stamp Act?
Act requiring colonists to pay a fee for a stamp for documents.
Which battle is known as a costly victory for the British, giving the Americans hope?
Bunker Hill
What year did the Boston Massacre occur?
1770
Which group sent the Olive Branch petition to King George III?
Second Continental Congress
Define "salutary neglect"
Unofficial policy of Great Britain's towards the colonies before the French and Indian War. Great Britain allowed colonies to govern themselves with little involvement.
What was the turning point battle that led to French support for the Americans?
Saratoga
When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1783
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists could not settle west of the appalachian mountains.
The group that carried out the Boston Tea Party was known as the
Sons of Liberty
The British surrendered after the battle at
Yorktown
When did the fighting begin during the Revolutionary War?
1775
What was the powder alarm/act?
What were the Intolerable Acts?
Massachusetts Government Act
Boston Port Act
Administration of Justice Act
Quartering Act
lack of funding, lack of food, lack of volunteers.
When was the Boston Tea Party?
1773
What were two of Thomas Paine's arguments in Common Sense?
Why should one man rule everything just because of his birth?
Wouldn’t a republican government be more just?
Isn’t equality among all citizens righteous and fair?
Shouldn’t America be its own country governed by its own people?