ROW 1
Who won the Battle art Bunker Hill?
The British
What does liberty mean?
Freedom
How many soldiers did the British have?
2400
Act means
a law passed in government.
How many soldiers did the Americans have?
1200
Boycott means
to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest.
Independent means
not influenced or controlled by others.
Who were the redcoats?
The redcoats were the British Army
What was the First Battle of the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Tax means
an amount of money that a government requires people to pay.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal.
Before there was a United States of America, there were colonies owned by Great Britain. How many of these colonies were there?
13
Who helped Samuel Adams and John Hancock escape?
Paul Reeve's
Unalienable means
cannot be taken away.
What did they tax in Boston?
Tea
In order to achieve independence, the colonies knew they would have to form an army. Who did they choose to be its leader?
George Washington
What is a Militia?
A minutemen that is ready for war at any minute.
Self-evident means
clear or obvious without needing any proof or explanation.
Describe the two reasons the British marched to Lexington?
to take the colonies weapons and to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
What was the Stamp Act?
The Stamp Act was a special tax placed on paper items. Anytime someone purchased a paper product they had to purchase a stamp.
Why were colonists angry about the Stamp Act?
The colonists were angry because they had to pay a tax and they weren’t represented in Parliament.
Describe how the colonies viewed themselves after the First Continental Congress.
The way that colonists viewed themselves was that many colonists thought of themselves as part of one country, not as people who lived in thirteen different ones.
In 1765, the British Parliament passed a law called the Stamp Act, which required the American colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, magazines, playing cards and legal documents. Why did many people in the American colonies resent having to pay taxes to Great Britain?
They had no representatives in the British Parliament.
Describe how colonists responded to the Townshend Acts.
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts
Quartering Act means
which required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops.