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vocabulary
Events leading to declaration
Declaration of Independence
continental congress
How well do I know my school?
100
This part of the government makes the laws.
What is the legislature?
100

This happened when the colonists started expanding westward and the French didn't want them on their land.

What is the French and Indian War?

100
The second part of the Declaration Of Independence talks about this.
What are natural rights?
100

The First Continental Congress met because of these.

What were the Coercive Acts?

100

Our school mascot.

What is a colt?

200
This is a tax on imported goods
What is a duty?
200

The king made this act to help pay off debt from the French and Indian War. They had to put these on paper goods.

What is the Stamp Act?

200

The complaints in the Declaration of Independence are called this

What are grievances?

200

The Second Continental Congress wrote this

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

Our two school counselors.

Who are Ms. Thomas and Mrs. Harrison?

300
To refuse to purchase certain products
What is a boycott?
300

This act put a new tax on tea, glass, lead, paints and paper but all were repealed except for the tax on tea.

What are the Townshend Acts?

300

The last part of the Declaration of Independence is known as this.

What is the Resolution of Independence?

300

Which  congress, first or second, had disagreements and had to debate the issue of independence?

What is the Second Continental Congress?

300

8th grade classes are held here.

What is downstairs?

400
An official government announcement
What is a proclamation?
400

These acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists after the Boston Tea Party. The colonists called them the Intolerable Acts.

What are the Coercive Acts?

400

The beginning part of the Declaration of Independence is called this

What is the preamble?

400

The First Continental Congress wrote this for the king.

What is a letter called the Olive Branch Petition asking that Britain respect the colonists rights as British citizens?

400

Where we walk when we are in the hallway.

What is on the right side of the hall?

500
a person that represents a group of people in a meeting.
What is a delegate?
500

This was not a tax on tea but required colonists to buy tea only from the British East India Company.

What is the Tea Act?

500

Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence that the role of the government was this.

What is to secure our inalienable rights?

500

Thomas Paine wrote this to help the colonists understand why it was important to become independent of Great Britain.

What is Common Sense?

500

Our school district's superintendent.

Who is Dr. Michael McFarland?