This search warrant gave British soldier the right to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods.
What are the writs of assistance
100
Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence
Who is Samuel Adams
100
This organization, formed by women, protested the purchase and consumption of tea, boycotted British goods, and some signed a pledge that only colonial military men could court them.
What are the Daughters of Liberty
100
Because of the cost of protecting the colonies from Native Americans, this law was passed that kept the
colonists from moving west beyond the Appalachian mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763
100
1773 protest in which colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped British tea into the Boston harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
200
England need more money or ____________ to pay for the French and Indian War.
What is revenue
200
Colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minute's notice
What are minutemen
200
As a result of the unwanted British troops in the colonies, this group was formed to keep information secretly moving back and forth throughout the colonies
What are the committees of correspondence
200
This act was a cost-saving measure for Britain that required the colonies to provide British soldiers with housing and supplies
What is the Quartering Act
200
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre
300
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
What are Loyalists
300
The official army of the colonies, created by second continental congress and led by George Washington
Who is the Continental Army
300
This group of men held violent protests and spearheaded several boycotts in an effort to resist the Crown's heavy handed decrees/acts.
What are the Sons of Liberty
300
This act required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid on all diplomas, contracts, wills, and licenses.
What is the Stamp Act
300
This event in Boston, Massachusetts was a direct result of the colonists' anger over a tax on Tea and what they
believed were the British government's unfair trade practices
What is the Boston Tea Party
400
Americans and British soldiers who sided with England during the Revolution
Who are Patriots
400
As a result of his experience fighting during the French and Indian War, who becomes the commander of the
army of the colonies throughout the Revolutionary War?
Who is George Washington
400
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that made a strong case for American independence. Sold many copies in the colonies.
What is Common Sense
400
As a result of the event in Boston and until the debt for the damaged goods was paid, Boston Harbor was shut
off to all trade and ship traffic. What was this attempt to punish the colonists called?
What are the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
400
As a result of a last minute attempt for peace with the King/British government failing, this document was
written announcing that the colonies considered themselves free of British rule?
What is Declaration of Independence
500
A force of armed civilans pledged to defend their community
What is a militia
500
As a result of continued dissatisfaction with the British government, what group of elected delegates
(representatives) from the different colonies was formed that gathered twice to decide how to respond to the
various acts against the colonies by the British King/government?
What is The Continental Congress
500
An import tax
What is a DUTY
500
This act suspended the New York Assembly and imposed a tax on leads, glass, paint and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts
500
Even though the colonist had not "officially" announced their intent to be free from the British, what is
considered the first fighting of the Revolutionary War occur between colonial militia (minutemen) and the
British soldiers as a result of their attempted to collect weapons and arrest some of the colonial leaders?