Founding Fathers
This founding father is responsible for founding both the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence.
Who was Samuel Adams?
A colonist who supported revolution is known as this
What is a Patriot?
The Tea Act of 1773
What is the Boston Tea Party?
We hold these truths to be __________ that all men are created equal
What is self-evident?
This writing was written to convince Americans that being a separate country from Britain and i just made sense
What is Common Sense?
Not only was he a silversmith, he also created political cartoons
Who was Paul Revere?
A force of armed civilians pledge to defend their community
What is a militia?
The Boston Tea Party
What is the Intolerable Acts?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What are unalienable rights?
This New England city was at the heart of the American Revolution.
The oldest of the founding fathers who assisted in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and relations with France.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
You were either a patriot or this in the American Colonies leading up to the Revolution
What was a loyalist?
War debt from the French & Indian War
What is to alter or abolish?
Who was George Washington?
A hero of the French & Indian war who brought legitimacy to the revolution.
Who was George Washington?
A type of protesting that affects the economy.
What is boycotting?
Intolerable Acts
What is boycotting of English goods?
These reflect the full vision of what America should be
What are ideals?
Lawyer who defended the redcoats on trial for the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?
This founding father is not well known, but responsible for the Olive Branch Petition,
Who was John Dickinson?
The hands-off policy of England towards the American colonies during the first half of the 1700s
What is salutary neglect?
Redcoats were poorly paid and hired themselves out at the cost of the American colonist
What is the Boston Massacre?
where the government gets their power
What is the consent of the governed?
The first direct tax on the American colonists
What was the Stamp Act?