People
Main Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Tax on paper goods and documents
Stamp Act
A colonist who supported independence
Patriot
Where the Second Continental Congress was held
Philadelphia
Snowball fight that ended with 5 colonists dead
Boston Massacre
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Townshend Acts
A colonist who supported Britain
Loyalist
The first person the sign the Declaration
John Hancock
The first battle of the Revolutionary War
Lexington
Author of pamphlet Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
To refuse to buy something
Boycott
When the Declaration was signed
July 4, 1776
Colonists destroyed 342 crates of tea
Boston Tea Party
said "Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death!"
Patrick Henry
Allowed British soldiers to live in civilian homes
Quartering Act
Volunteer soldiers
Militia
All men are created
Equal
Battle fought on Breed's Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
President of the Second Continental Congress
John Hancock
Act that said Parliament had the right to tax the colonies whenever it wanted
Declaratory Acts
Rights that are given to everyone by God
Natural Rights
3 Rights all men have
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Colonial response to the Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress