Groups and Movements
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This secret group organized protests and sometimes violence against British taxes.
What is taxation without representation?
The belief that colonists should not be taxed because they had no voice in Parliament.
What are Lexington and Concord?
The first battles of the American Revolution fought in Massachusetts.
The city where the Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre took place.
What is Boston, Massachusetts
Commander of the Continental Army and first U.S. president.
Who is George Washington?
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
This group supported boycotts and made homemade goods to protest British imports.
What is Salutary Neglect?
This period allowed the colonies to mostly govern themselves with little British interference.
What is the Boston Massacre?
British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists in 1770, killing five.
Native Americans and American settlers fought over this resource during westward expansion.
What is land?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Who are the Loyalists?
Colonists who stayed loyal to Great Britain during the Revolution.
What is the Enlightenment?
A movement that emphasized reason, natural rights, and government by the people.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists dumped tea into the harbor to protest taxes.
This 1794 battle resulted in U.S. victory over Native American confederations in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Diplomat, inventor, and helped secure French support during the Revolution.
Who is Ben Franklin?
Who are the Patriots?
Colonists who supported independence from Britain.
What is Mercantilism?
An economic system where colonies exist to provide raw materials and wealth for the mother country.
This war between Britain and France left Britain in debt and led to more colonial taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
This treaty forced many Native American groups to give up land to the United States after that battle.
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
She urged her husband to “remember the ladies” when creating new laws.
Who is Abigail Adams?
What is the Continental Congress?
This meeting of colonial leaders worked together to respond to British policies and later manage the war.
What is Republican Motherhood?
The idea that mothers should teach children republican values and good citizenship.
This document announced the colonies’ independence and listed complaints against the king
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This religious revival encouraged emotional worship and challenged traditional authority in the colonies.
What is the Great Awakening?
This mathematician and astronomer helped survey Washington, D.C., and wrote about equality for African Americans.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?