A meeting of leaders from 12 colonies who met to discuss how they were going to organize themselves in an effort to rebel against Britain.
What is the First Continental Congress?
100
A colonist who is remaining loyal to the British government.
What is a loyalist?
100
This was a meeting of Patriot leaders in Philadelphia acting as the new government for the colonists.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
100
A war plan both sides created to try to win the war.
What is a strategy?
100
The British defeated France and its allies, gained a huge debt, and gained a large amount of territory.
What are outcomes of the French-Indian War?
200
British government stated that the colonists would have to pay a tax on all printed papers (i.e. newspapers, pamphlets, marriage license, playing cards, etc.)
What is the Stamp Act?
200
A colonist who wanted independence from Britain.
What is Patriot?
200
The author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This army consisted of professionals and mercenaries.
What is the British Army
200
British realized that they could not force colonists to obey the Stamp Act so they did this.
What is repealed, or cancel, the law.
300
A law passed by the British government that ordered colonists to provide "quarters" or places to live for the British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
300
What is the name of two patriots and what is their position on independence?
Answers will vary, but should include Ben Franklin, Mercy Otis Warren, and/or Sam Adams.
300
The crime the colonists were committing by signing the Declaration of Independence.
What is treason?
300
They fought a defensive war hoping to discourage the enemy.
What is The Continental Army.
300
A ruthless governor of Virginia, he believed the colonists duty was to obey the king.
Who is Lord Dumore?
400
The colonists had no representatives in the British government to vote on laws.
What is meant by the term "Taxation Without Representation?"
400
What is the name of two of the loyalists and what were their reasons for remaining loyal to the British government?
Answers will vary, but should include Thomas Hutchinson, Jonathan Boucher, and/or Lord Dunmore.
400
To describe the rights of the people, why governments are established, what should happen when a government acts unfairly, and complaints against the king.
What is the reason for writing the Declaration of Independence?
400
This ally provided the Continental Army with ammunition, money, and they helped trained their soldiers.
Who are the French? (not the Italians)
400
The governor of Massachusettes who strictly enforced British laws such as the Stamp Act.
Who is Thomas Hutchinson?
500
The colonists dressed as Indians and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbor. They did this because they were upset the British passed a law stating the colonists could only buy tea from one company.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
Common Sense
What is name of the booklet that convinced many colonists to pursue the fight for independence?
500
Thomas Paine.
Who is the author of Common Sense?
500
The set of agreements that ended the war in 1783.
What is The Treaty of Paris
500
Firing guns, shooting canons, and tearing down statues to the king of Britain.
What is ways the colonists celebrated their independence.