Causes
Key Figures
Vocabulary
Dates
The Declaration of Independence
100

This war causes the British to tax the colonies

The French and Indian war 

100

Burned paper and goods as a way to protest 

Sons of liberty 

100

A person who lived in the colonies?

Colonists

100

1773

The Boston Tea Party

100

Commen Sense

Thomas Paine

200

What phrase did the colonists chant to the British?

“No Taxation, without Representation”

200

Went to France to get them to become an ally

Benjamin Franklin

200

To refuse to buy or use something as a form of protest

Boycott

200

1770

The Boston Massacre 

200

How many delegates where at the second continental congress meeting?

65

300

Taxes on all paper 

The stamp act of 1765

300

Warned the colonists that the British were coming 

Paul revere

300

Money that people had to pay to the government 

Taxes

300

1765

The Stamp Act

300

He signed the Declaration of Independence first.

John Hancock

400

British soldiers kill 5 colonist soldiers 

The Boston massacre

400

The colonists general 

George Washington 

400

A big change in government or society

Revolution

400

1754-1763

French & Indian War

400

What page does The Declaration of Independence begins on?

Pg. 216

500

The final battle in the war 

The Battle of Yorktiwn

500

The king of Britain 

King George 

500

Freedom from control by another country or government 

Independence

500

July 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independence 

500

Who wrote The Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

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