Tensions Grow
Name 2 main countries involved in the French and Indian War.
Who were the British and the French?
This ACT charged taxes for all paper goods in the colonies.
What is Stamp Act?
According to the DOI, if a group of people wished to abolish their government, what do they need to do first?
What is give the reasons why they are separating
This phrase described the colonists' reason for their rebellion.
What is "No Taxation without Representation!"?
According to the DOI, what did it say that the people could do if the government was not protecting their rights?
What is they could alter or establish a new one
Britain and France disagreed on this area of land.
What is Ohio River Valley?
This ACT allowed British soldiers to stay in the homes of colonists.
What is Quartering Act?
This was a symbol of peace and can be seen on the dollar bill held by an eagle.
What is an olive branch
Explain the meaning of "No Taxation without Representation!"
What is Colonists had no voice (or representatives) in Parliament as they were creating laws?
What does the term unalienable mean
What is cannot be taken away
This was the nickname given to those colonists who could not decide which side to support?
What are fence sitters
This ACT closed the Boston Harbor until all what?
What is until all the tea was paid for.
What does the term grievance mean?
What is complaint
This group of people shot FIRST during the Boston Massacre.
Who are British soldiers?
According to the DOI, what three rights are unalienable?
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Because of the debt from the French and Indian War, King George III passed this act in the colonies to help pay for the war.
What is the Stamp Act?
These ACTS were King George's way of punishing the colonists for their rebellion.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
What is it persuaded them that to declare independence was common sense.
Who did the congress appoint as the leader of the Continental Army?
Who was George Washington
Who wrote the DOI and in what year?
Who is Thomas Jefferson and in 1776
The first shot from the Battle of Lexington and Concord is known as what?
What is the shot heard round the world
The name of the governing body in England who created all the acts placed on the colonists.
What is Parliament?
What is the name of the booklet written by Thomas Paine?
What is Common Sense
What is propaganda? What primary source is considered propaganda?
What is to persuade people to think a certain way.
What is the etching of the Boston Massacre
Where was the DOI written?
What is Philadelphia