Acts and Taxes
What did the Proclamation Line of 1763 prevent colonists from doing?
Moving westward past the Appalachian Mts
What group organized boycotts and sometimes used violence against tax collectors?
Sons of Liberty
What rebellion influenced Britain’s decision to issue the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which pushed for American independence?
Thomas Paine
What battle proved that colonial soldiers could stand up to the British, despite losing?
Battle of Bunker Hill
What did the Quartering Act require colonists to do?
House and supply British soldiers
The refusal to buy goods
Boycotting
Who defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
Who was the first to die in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What battle was a failed winter invasion of Canada?
Quebec
Which act taxed paper, legal documents, and printed materials?
Stamp Act
What event involved 342 chests of tea being dumped into Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
What group met in 1774 and banned trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed?
First Continental Congress
Which group of fighters were prepared to act at a moment’s notice?
Minutemen
What happened when colonial forces surrounded the British in Boston in January 1776?
British & Loyalists fled the city
The Townshend Acts taxed which imported goods?
Lead, paint, paper, glass, tea
What is propaganda, and how did Paul Revere use it?
Biased/misleading information; his Boston Massacre engraving made the British look like aggressors
What famous ride took place on April 19, 1775 to warn that the British were coming?
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
What famous group captured Fort Ticonderoga and its cannons?
Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boys
What was the Olive Branch Petition, and how did the king respond?
A final attempt at peace; rejected by the king
What was the only tax that remained after the Townshend Acts were repealed?
Tea tax
What punishment did Britain enforce after the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts – closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, and more
What was the first battle of the American Revolution, known as the “shot heard ‘round the world”?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army?
George Washington
What date was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776