Committees & Protests
This group communicated between towns and colonies to coordinate responses to British policies.
Committees of Correspondence
He argued that Parliament could not tax the colonists without their consent and was an organizer in the colonies (often associated with Boston protests)
Samuel Adams
The 1765 law that required colonists to buy an official stamp for many paper items was called this.
Stamp Act
The name given to British soldiers because of their red uniforms.
Lobster Backs
Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolution were called this.
Loyalists
In 1773 colonists disguised themselves and boarded ships to dump chests of tea into a harbor as a protest. Name the event.
The Boston Tea Party
She wrote plays and political writings accusing British leaders of greed and helped shape public opinion against Britain.
Mercy Otis Warren
This 1773 law allowed a British company to sell cheap tea directly to the colonies and helped trigger protests.
The Tea Act
Colonial militia members who promised to be ready to fight "at a minute's notice" were called these.
Minutemen
The Continental army was created by which colonial body (name the congress)
Continental congress (second)
The March 1770 confrontation in Boston that resulted in five colonists killed by British soldiers is known as this.
The Boston Massacre
He wrote a pamphlet titled "Common Sense" that argued citizens, not kings, should make laws.
Thomas Paine
The law requiring colonists to provide housing for British soldiers when needed was called the ____ Act.
The Quartering Act
The early 1775 battle where the British won but suffered heavy casualties; it proved colonial forces could stand up to British troops.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The 1783 treaty that officially ended the American Revolution and recognized U.S. independence is called this.
Treaty of Paris
These harsh laws were passed by Britain to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party;
The Intolerable Acts
This Virginian was commander of the Continental Army and later became the first President of the United States.
George Washington
Colonists argued the Stamp Act imposed taxes by Parliament even though colonists had no representatives there...what was the phrase they often used to express their concerns
"No taxation without representation."
At Yorktown, combined forces of the Continental Army and which allied country helped force the British surrender?
France
The rights that are basic to all people and cannot be taken away (such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) is called?
Unalienable Rights
Explain how Committees of Correspondence helped unite the colonies
They shared news and coordinated protests across towns and colonies
Name the African American spy who provided crucial intelligence to the Continental army (he acted as a double agent for the Americans).
James Armistead
What was one economic effect the Tea Act had on colonial merchants?
Hurt colonial tea merchants
What was a turning point in the Revolution
The Battle of Saratoga
What battle did the British surrender to end the war?
The Battle of Yorktown