Causes
Crispus Attucks was shot and killed during this event.
What is The Boston Massacre?
Created the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
War which gave George Washington his military experience
What is the French & Indian War?
The major writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
All printed paper products were taxed.
What is The Stamp Act?
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
Items were tossed overboard into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Although a loss for the colonists, it showed the British that the war was not going to be won with just one or two battles.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
What are natural (or inalienable) rights?
A person who works against one's own country
What is a traitor?
Colonists were tired of being taxed without any say.
What is taxation without representation?
He made a famous midnight ride.
Who is Paul Revere? (That's what everybody thinks but it was actually Samuel Prescott who warned Lexington & Concord about the British).
Turning Point of the American Revolution in America's favor.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
His signature is the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
First Constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Closed Boston Harbor, forced citizens to house British troops, dissolved Massachusetts legislature
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Individual mainly responsible for securing military aid from France
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A group organized to keep colonists informed.
What is Committee of Correspondence?