Before the Revolution
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?
Benjamin Franklin
What 1765 act placed a tax on printed materials?
The Stamp Act
What group was created to oppose the Stamp Act?
The Sons of Liberty
What event on March 5, 1770, resulted in five colonists being killed by British soldiers?
The Boston Massacre
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What mountain range were colonists prohibited from settling west of in 1763?
The Appalachian Mountains
What act required colonists to provide food and shelter for British soldiers?
The Quartering Act
What famous slogan protested British taxation without colonial representation?
No taxation without representation!
What 1773 event involved Patriots dumping British tea into Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What 1763 rebellion involved attacks on colonial settlements along the western frontier?
Pontiac’s Rebellion
What 1764 act taxed foreign sugar and certain luxuries?
The Sugar Act
Who wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania?
John Dickinson
How many chests of tea were dumped during the Boston Tea Party?
342 chests
On what date was the Declaration of Independence issued?
July 4, 1776
How many colonies sent representatives to the Albany meeting in 1754?
Seven colonies
What 1767 acts taxed imported tea, glass, and paper?
The Townshend Acts
What 1768 letter urged colonial legislatures to petition Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts?
The Circular Letter
What were the Intolerable Acts also called?
The Coercive Acts
What petition did the Second Continental Congress send King George III in an attempt to achieve peace?
The Olive Branch Petition
What was the major financial problem Great Britain faced after the French and Indian War?
Great Britain had a large war debt and needed money
What 1766 act reminded colonists that Great Britain had the authority to make their laws?
The Declaratory Act
What did representatives at the Stamp Act Congress declare about who could approve colonial taxes?
Only the colonists’ elected officials could approve taxes
Under the Intolerable Acts, when could the port of Boston reopen?
When the destroyed tea had been paid for
Which Enlightenment philosopher influenced Jefferson and taught that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
John Locke