Leading up to the War
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
Political protest in Boston where boxes of tea were thrown into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
The opening shots at Lexington and Concord became known as
Shots heard round the world
While it was written on July 2nd, what did the Declaration of Independence get Approved
July 4th
To not buy or purchase in order to protest
Boycott
a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston.
Boston Massacre
The British Army was known as
Red Coats
The Declaration was to get out of rule from what country
To revoke or take away (the British had to do this with some of their taxes)
Repeal
No Taxation Without
Representation
Citizens who were prepared to fight, but not necessarily in the army
Militia
Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
A series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies
Townshend Act
The first battles of the war occurred at
Lexington and Concord
Members of the American Army were part of the
Continental Army
By signing the Declaration, the colonists were committing
Treason
Loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies, who dressed up as Native Americans during the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
Who did the famous Midnight Ride to warn the British were coming
Paul Revere
The gun most commonly used by any soldier during the war was called a
Musket
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson