VOCABULARY
A boycott means to refuse to ______ goods.
What is buy?
Britain needed money after fighting this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
This group spread news and ideas between colonies.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
This 1770 event involved British soldiers and colonists in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This group met to lead the colonies during the Revolution.
What is the Continental Congress?
A militia is a group of citizens trained to be __________.
What is soldiers
he Stamp Act taxed paper items like newspapers and __________.
What are stamps / legal papers / documents?
The Sons of Liberty used protests and __________ actions.
What are secret actions (or organized actions)
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor during this protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Olive Branch Petition was sent to this British leader.
Who is King George III?
Propaganda is information meant to influence people’s __________.
What is opinions?
Colonists were angry because they had no __________ in Parliament.
What is representation?
Colonists protested British taxes by using __________ instead of violence.
What are boycotts?
The first battles of the Revolution were fought at these two towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This document explained why the colonies wanted independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A Patriot supported __________ from Britain.
What is independence?
Parliament passed these laws to tax imported goods like glass and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Samuel Adams helped organize resistance in this city.
What is Boston?
This battle showed colonists they could fight the British army.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Thomas Jefferson helped write this important document.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
A Loyalist stayed loyal to __________.
What is Britain (the king / Great Britain)?
Colonists believed taxing them without representation was __________.
What is unfair (or wrong)?
Protests helped colonies become more __________ with each other.
What is united (or connected / working together)?
Fighting began after the British tried to seize __________ and weapons.
What are guns?
Independence was officially approved in this year.
What is 1776?