Laws and Acts 2
Taxed newspapers, legal documents and other paper items.
What is the Stamp Act?
Member of the Sons of Liberty who is remembered for his signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
Meeting city of both Continental Congresses.
What is Philadelphia?
When people express their displeasure to what someone has said or done in a nonviolent way.
What is protesting?
The Colonists gathered in the streets and let be known publicly that they agreed not to pay the tax on tea, not to ____________, _______, _____ or used in the American Colonies.
What is let the tea be unloaded, stored, sold?
Act that caused King George III to first send troops to enforce his laws and payment of his taxes.
What is the Townsend Acts?
Elected the first Commander of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
Colony that did not send a representative to the 1st Continental Congress.
What is Georgia?
Lee's resolution stated, " that these united colonies are and of right ought to be ______________ states."
What is free and independent?
The Stamp Act was enacted in order to help Great Britian pay off the debt they had from ____________.
What is French and Indian War?
Later called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists.
What are the Coercive Acts?
Wrote the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
At the meeting of the 2nd Continental Congress, the colony of _____________ sent their ideas on how to move forward in fighting for independence.
What is Virginia?
A _______ is a statement made by a person of authority that should be taken as seriously as a law or act, such as those made by King George and Lord Dunsmore on the Road to American Independence.
What is Proclamation?
______________ resulted in British soldiers being removed from the city of Boston for several years.
What is The Boston Massacre?
Stopped free elections for leaders, put British leaders in place of colonial leaders, and took away the _______________ Constitution.
What is Massachusetts?
Member of the Sons of Liberty who is believed to have been actively involved in the destruction of one million dollars in tea from China, and is celebrated by the city of Boston still today.
Who is Samuel Adams?
At the meeting of the 1st Continental Congress, the colony of ______________ sent their representatives with their plan on dealing with the British prior to the "Shot heard around the World."
What is Massachusetts?
A fighting force that is raised from the population of ordinary citizens.
What is militia?
July 4th is celebrated as the day the colonies _________________.
What is declared their independence to the world by officially adopting the Declaration of Independence?
The Quebec Act granted the ability to worhsip freely to French-Canadian _________ living in the area if of the colonies.
Who are Catholics?
Stated that "Government was a necessary evil."
Who was Thomas Paine?
In 1776, the members of the 2nd Continental Congress had to take a recess to return to their home colonies to discuss _____________________ .
What is the change in the focus of the war to one for independence from Great Britain?
The act of providing accommodations or lodging, especially for soldiers.
What is quartering?
The Continental Association not only established deadlines for stopping imports and exports between the colonies and Great Britain, it stated that _________ would enforce the agreement.
What are local committees of inspection?