Da Declaration
The author of the Declaration.
Thomas Jefferson
This country was the Mother Country.
England
This was a tax on Tea.
Tea Act
A group of colonist dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea at this event.
Boston Tea Party
This law forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
Quartering Act
The day that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
July 4, 1776
This country had control of the colonial economy.
England
This was a tax on glass and lead.
Townshend Act
Civilians were killed by British Soldiers at this event.
This law controlled the flow of goods to and from the colonies.
Navigation Act
These two guys influenced Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke and Thomas Paine
America could not produce these type of goods.
Manufactured
This was a tax on legal documents.
Stamp Act
The American militia did a sneak attack on the British army at this battle.
Battle of Concord
This group signed the Declaration of Independence.
Second Continental Congress
The Declaration of Independence listed these complaints.
Grievances
Tax on molasses.
Sugar Act
The nickname of this battle is "the shot heard around the world".
Battle of Lexington
This group called for a boycott of British goods.
First Continental Congress
The main idea of the Declaration of Independence is that all people have these rights.
Unalienable Rights
This war led to the colonies being under strict control from England and England began taxing the colonies.
French and Indian War
This strict law was passed after the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts