Vocabulary
This term is for a colonist that wants the colonies to stay with Britain.
What is a loyalist?
When this Act was imposed, colonists had to pay a tax on stamps for all paper products.
What is the Stamp Act?
The Act that made colonists pay a tax on paint, glass and paper.
What is the Townshend Act?
This is the term for a colonist who was neutral.
What is a neutralist?
This document is known as the most famous "break up letter" ever. It was how the colonists claimed Independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This resulted in the Stamp Act being repealed.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
This is the term for someone who wanted to become independent of Great Britain.
What is a patriot?
This was the first battle of the Revolution (Called the Shot heard 'round the world)
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was an incident that people blamed many sides, and resulted in 5 people being killed.
What was the Boston Massacre?
These are the three unalienable (natural) rights stated in the Declaration of Independence.
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
This event resulted in the closing of the Boston Port, and several other laws against Boston.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is a term for the complaints made against the King.
What is a grievance?
This Act required colonists to house British troops.
What is the Quartering Act?
This document ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?