The _________ put a tax on many paper items in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act
100
Refusing to buy goods and services is called...
What is a boycott
100
This person was the leader of the First Continental Army.
Who is George Washington
100
After what battle did the British realize that fighting the colonists would not be east?
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
100
What did the British government do to help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War?
What is they passed new tax laws for the colonies
200
The _______________ united many colonists against Britain.
What is the Intolerable Acts
200
A formal meeting of government representatives is called...
What is Congress
200
This person was one of the best known poets of her time.
Who was Phyllis Wheatley
200
What was the first plan of government for the United States Called?
What is the Articles of Confederation
200
What was one major cause of the French and Indian War?
What is the French and Britain both claimed the same lands in North America
300
The _________ was sent to King George III to ask for peace.
What is the Olive Branch Petition
300
A voice in ones government is called....
What is representation
300
This person was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson
300
What marked the beginning of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord
300
How did colonists protest the taxes placed on British goods?
What is they refused to buy British goods
400
Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams were all leaders of the _____________.
What is the Sons of Liberty
400
A sudden change in government is called...
What is a revolution
400
Who organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and was thought my many to have planned the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Samuel Adams
400
Why is July 4th, 1776 an important date in American history?
Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence
400
Who was head of the committee for the Articles of the Confederation?
Who is John Dickinson
500
The ________ gave Britain most of Canada, all French lands east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida. France lost nearly all of its lands in North America.
What is the Treaty of Paris
500
The act of working against ones own government is called...
What is treason
500
This person called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain.
Who is Richard Henry Lee
500
What helped spread information quickly among the colonists?
What is the Committee of Correspondence
500
Many colonists said that Parliament should not tax them because they had no representation. What does the word representation mean in that sentence.