🇺🇸 Patriots vs Loyalists
Colonists who supported independence from Britain
Who are "Patriots"
This act taxed printed materials like newspapers and playing cards
What is the "Stamp Act"
This phrase describes colonists’ complaint about being taxed without a voice in government
This event involved colonists dumping 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
What is the "Boston Tea Party"
This document declared the colonies’ independence from Britain
What is the "Declaration of Independence"
This meeting in 1774 brought together delegates from 12 colonies to respond to British actions
What is the "First Continental Congress"
The king of Great Britain during the American Revolution who Loyalists remained loyal to
Who is "King George IIII"
This act taxed molasses imported into the colonies
What is the "Sugar Act"
Refusing to buy British goods in protest
What are "Boycotts"
This event involved British soldiers killing five colonists including Crispus Attucks
What is the "Boston Massacre"
This document was sent to King George III from the Continental Congress as a final attempt at peace
What is the "Olive Branch Petition"
These part-time citizen soldiers were formed to defend colonial communities
Who are "Militia"
This group believed Britain provided protection and stability
Who are "Loyalists"
These acts, affected the "entire town" and taxed goods like tea, glass, and paper
What are the "Townshend Acts"
These allowed British officers to search homes and businesses without permission
These laws punished the colonies directly after the Boston Tea Party
What are the "Intolerable Acts" (or Coercive Acts)
This author wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which encouraged colonists to support independence
Who is "Thomas Paine"
This group of highly trained militia members were ready to fight at a moment’s notice
Who are "Minutemen"
This group believed colonists should govern themselves
Who are "Patriots"
The Tea Act gave this company complete control over tea sales in the colonies
Who is the "British East India Company"
Colonists believed British searches without permission did this to their rights
(Vocab word)
What is "Violated" them
This event was used as propaganda to turn colonists against Britain
What is the "Boston Massacre"
These rights, listed in the Declaration of Independence, include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What are "Natural Rights" (unalienable)
These were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War
What are "Lexington and Concord"
Name ONE reason a colonist might choose to be a Loyalist
Fear of war
Loyalty to the king
Economic ties to Britain
Honor family traditions
What is the other name for the "Intolerable Acts"
What are the "Coercive Acts"
This British policy forced colonists to house soldiers, further angering them and leading to resistance.
What is the Quartering Act?
This 1776 pamphlet became a major turning point by spreading ideas that convinced many colonists to move from protest to supporting independence
This section of the Declaration of Independence explains why the colonies are forming a new country
What is the "Preamble"
This American writer later described the first shots of the Revolutionary War as the “shot heard ’round the world.”
Who is "Ralph Waldo Emerson"
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? … I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
This American Patriot delivered this famous speech.
Who is Patrick Henry?
This British law restricted colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
What is the "Proclamation of 1763"
This system of organized communication between colonies helped unify resistance and spread information about British actions.
What are "Committees of Correspondence"
This American Patriot and future President defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre, arguing that they deserved a fair trial under the law
Who is "John Adams"
This Enlightenment thinker influenced Thomas Jefferson’s ideas about natural rights and the purpose of government in the Declaration of Independence
Who is "John Locke"
This doctor noticed British troop movement and sent riders like Paul Revere to warn the colonies
Who is "Dr Joseph Warren"