American Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is KING GEORGE III.
Document written by Thomas Jefferson in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims came to the Americas on.
Mayflower
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Patriots
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Who wrote the newspaper Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The Declaration of Independence is an example of...
Social Contract
The first commander-in-chief
George Washington
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
What day was the DOI approved
July 4
The Patriots were willing to give up this to gain independence
Their lives
True or False:
The British needed the money from the colonist's taxes to pay for wars.
true
What did the British do that made colonist upset. This lead to the Boston Massacre.
They stopped ships from sailing in and out of the Boston Harbor.
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
The French and Indian War was fought between the _______________ in ________________
The French and British in North America
This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott.
Was the first meeting of the colonists concerning the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Electing delegates to assemblies was an example of which right of Englishmen enjoyed by the British colonists?
Was the second meeting of the colonists that would create the Olive Branch Petition.
2nd Continental Congress
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION