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King of England during the American Revolution. He issued The Proclamation of 1763 that angered the  colonists.

KING GEORGE III. 

100

Document written in which the American colonists explain their reasons for wanting to separate/break-up from Great-Britain 

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 

100

What philosopher is associated with Enlightenment ideas used in colonies. 

John Locke


100

The first commander-in-chief or president of the new nation USA

George Washington

100

This policy practiced by England during the 17th & 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased

Salutary Neglect

200

Tax issued by Britain in 1765, on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. Colonists had to pay for a  piece of paper affixed to documents or packages to show they had been paid.

Stamp Act

200

Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.

Patriot

200

The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.

Who is PAUL REVERE

200

Motto of the Revolutionary War (Patriots) 

No taxation without representation (is tyranny)!

200

Tense relations between the British military and colonists that led to a confrontation on March 5, 1770, with colonists throwing snowballs, ice, and clubs at British troops, and ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.

What is the BOSTON MASSACRE

200

local militia who got their name because they were ready to fight at a minute’s notice.

Minutemen

300

This act put a tax that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea. 

Tea Act

300

George Washington's decisive victory over General Lord Charles Cornwallis who surrendered;  considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.

Yorktown

300

On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a new name for what had been called the "United Colonies.” From now on they would be the _____ _____ of _________. 

United States of America 

300

Who won the revolutionary war?

The Colonists

300

True or False: 

The British King needed the money from the colonists' taxes to pay for the French-Indian war he had won.  (protecting the borders of the 13 British colonies)  

TRUE

300

It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.

What is a LOYALIST

400

Commander of the Continental Army 

George Washington 

400

Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea by  ...

Boston Tea Party/threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.

400

What day was the Day Of Independence approved

July 4 1776

400

Assemblies in the colonies set up committees of correspondence because of these acts.

Intolerable Acts

400

What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?

A boycott.

400

soldiers from all colonies that would carry out the fight against Britain.



Continental Army

500

What England did to ensure that the colonists remained economically true to England

passed the Navigation Acts

500

What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the DOI

Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

500

The French - Indian War was fought between the _______________ and  ________________  for the territories in North America.

The French and British 

500

Lexington and Concord, are known as the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies: it is the _______ ________ around the _______. 

the shot heard around the world

500

Join or Die, the first political cartoon to encourage colonists to unite against the French and the Natives was created by B ____ F______ a Founding Father who was also a scientist and inventor. He's on the $100 bill.

Benjamin Franklin

500

Famous saying of "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"

Patrick Henry

600

The first meeting of the 13 colonies where they first discussed being United Colonies against the Intolerable Acts (taxes) imposed by the British. 

1st Continental Congress

600

Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.

Treaty of Paris of 1783

600

 petition, written by moderates, expressed the colonists’ loyalty to the king and requested a halt in fighting until a solution could be found

Olive Branch Petition

600

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the ... 

Declaration of Independence

600

The Declaration of Independence - the founding document of the United States - was adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in the city of P ______________.

Philadelphia

600

The act that limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?

Proclamation of 1763