Vocab
Revolutionary words
Taxes and Acts
Perspectives
Let it "B"
100
Having someone speak for you and your interests in government. Like having a student represent your class in student council.
Representation
100
Where is this quote from?
"All men are created equal"
Declaration of Independence
100
What was the FIRST act that angered colonists, right after the French and Indian War?
Proclamation of 1763
100
Who lost significant amounts of land in the war?
Native Americans
100
After the French and Indian war, Britain is...
BROKE
200
When people gather together or take action to show they disagree with something. It's a way to express your opinion and ask for change, usually done peacefully.
Protest
200
"remember the ladies"
Abigail adams letter to John Adams
200
This act required colonists to pay a tax on paper
Stamp act
200
Who was promised freedom if they fought for the British?
Enslaved people
200
What event is this engraving of?
of?
Boston Massacre
300
When people fight against or refuse to obey their government or rulers because they think they're being treated unfairly.
Rebellion
300
(Paraphrased) Colonists may not move west of the Appalachian mountains
Proclamation of 1763
300
This act required colonists to house British soilders
Quartering act
300
What side did free African Americans fight for?
Both sides
300
During the revolution, most Native American tribes allied with the...
British
400
Information or messages that try to make you think or feel a certain way about something. It's often one-sided and may not tell the whole truth.
Propoganda
400
(Not a historical document)
It's the middle of the night night night night night
And we're fighting for our rights rights rights rights rights...
Dump it off!
400
This act was in response to the Boston Tea Party
Coercive acts/Intolerable acts
400
When the men went to war, what did women do?
Men's work?
400
Where did colonists dump 342 chests of tea, to protest the Tea act?
Boston Harbor
500
A group of ordinary citizens who train to fight and defend their community when needed. They're not professional soldiers.
Militia
500
“In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and..."
Common sense
500
This group was formed in rebellion of all the taxes and acts
Sons of Liberty
500
Who dressed as a man to fight in the American revolution?
Deborah Sampson
500
Who created the cartoon, "Join, or Die?"
Benjamin Franklin