American Revolution #1
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
During the French and Indian War, he gradually took on more responsibility and leadership. Crossed the Delaware to fight the Hessians. He was the head of the continental army.
Who is George Washington?
What place did the the "first shot heard the round the world?" take place
Lexington/Concord
I will accept either answer
The date that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776.
He was known for the popular cry, "The Regulars are out"
Who is Paul Revere?
Paul Revere
True of False: The Constitution was created on behalf of the people to set up the government. This government will protect the rights of the people.
True
True or False:
Benjamin Franklin wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
What is False. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft.
What was the name given to the British body of government?
Parliament
What was the name of the Ruler of Great Britain during Colonial times?
King George III
The French were fighting the British for control of land in the Ohio Valley. Some Native American tribes fought with the British and others fought with the French. What war was this?
What is the French and Indian War?
People who supported Great Britain and the king were called this term.
What are Loyalists
This is the number of stars on the first colonist flag?
13 stars for 13 colonies
What 4 word phrase means - we do not mind paying taxes but we want a say in our government"
"No taxation without representation"
Another word for a British soldier?
What is a redcoat?
What is a lobsterback?
A group of protesters who made speeches against taxes and the British government.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Samuel Prescott
True or False:
The Declaration of Independence ends by stating that the 13 colonies are free from British rule. It renamed the colonies the United States of America.
What is True
There were a group of ________ (#)colonies of Great Britain on the Atlantic coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries which declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America
What is thirteen
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Who is John Hancock
People in the thirteen colonies who supported independence were called this term.
What is Patriots.
These individuals depended on the British for trade; fought for both sides during the war.
What are Native Americans?
What was the name of the street fight between angry colonists and British soldiers when shots were fired in to the crowd and snowballs with rocks were thrown killing five colonists.
The Boston Massacre
What is the word that means to protest something by refusing to buy, use, or participate.
What is boycott?