Section 1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
King George III
What was the Stamp Act?
Tax on legal documents, pamphlets, and printed materials
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
Loyalist
The British were taxing the colonies to pay debts from which war?
The French and Indian War
Why was the Declaration of Independence so important?
It stated why the colonies want to be free of British rule
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule was called
A Patriot
In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies because the boycotts
caused economic hardships for British merchants.
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people
Boston Massacre
Many American colonists believed that British tax laws were unfair because
The colonist did not have someone to represent them. taxation without representation
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
. . . “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,” . . .
What impact did this statement have on the American Revolution?
It helped to justify the colonists’ fight for independence.
Who wrote the newspaper Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The idea that the British government was taxing colonists without their consent is called
Taxation without representation
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Group of men who protested the Stamp Act
He was Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and led a group of people across the Delaware river.
George Washington
The name of members of the militia in the colonies who would be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Minutemen
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense argued for independence because
Great Britain was too far away to rule the colonies
What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists disguised as Indians threw tea overboard form a British ship
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
letter to King George III asking for peace
. . . “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,” . . .
Which Enlightenment principle does this quotation refer to?
Consent of the governed
A militia is
a group of soldiers that are not trained professionally. (untrained soldiers)
What did the colonists mean by "No taxation without representation"?
We won't pay taxes unless we are represented in the British Parliament
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in order to punish Boston for the Tea Party by
closed the Boston Harbor, lost their right to self-govern and strengthened the Quartering act
What rights does Thomas Jefferson say that all people are born with?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness