Vocabulary
A significant change or overthrow of a government or soical order.
What is a revolution?
In 1765, Britain taxes paper and other goods and colonists protest.
What is the Stamp Act?
This is another word for law.
What is an Act?
This general led the Continental Army to victory against the British and later became the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This document, adopted on July 4th, 1776, declared that American colonies' independence from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The process of imposing taxes on individuals or businesses by a government.
What is taxation?
In 1770, British solders kill five colonists during a protest.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This Act required colonists to hourse British soldiers in their homes.
What was the Quartering Act?
This man was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This term refers to the colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution.
What are loyalists?
A refusal to buy or use goods and services as a form of protest.
What is a boycott?
In 1773, colonists dump British tea into the harbor to protest tea taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This is the name of the British King during the time of American resistance to British rule.
Who was King George III?
This man is known as the "Father of the Constitution" and was a key author of the Federalist Papers
Who is James Madison?
This man served as the first Secretary of the Treasury and was instrumental in establishing the financial system of the United States.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
It refers to the colonies desire to be free from Britsh rule, and to establish their own government.
What is independence?
In 1774, Britain punishes the colonies by closing Boston Harbor and limiting self-government.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
This is a legislative body of government, typically responsible for makijng laws, shaping policies, representing the electorate, and overseeing the government in Britain.
What is Parliament?
This person from Boston was a leader in the Sons of Liberty and is often credited with organizing the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Samuel Adams?
This man is known as the "Father of His Country" and served as the commmander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
Colonists meet to organize resistance to British rule.
What is The First Continental Congress?
In 1774, colonists meet to organize resistance to British rule.
What was the First Continental Congress?
To "coerce" means to provoke, to incite one's anger. The "Coercive Acts" were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. This is another name for these laws.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This author wrote "Common Sense," a pamphlet that argued for American independence and helped sway public opinion.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This country provided crucial military assistance to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, particularly after the victory at Saratoga.
What is France?