Vocabulary
a law
Act
the colonists were being taxed without having representatives in the British Parliament
Taxation without Representation
What event happened after the Boston Massacre?
The Boston Tea Party
Why was Benjamin Franklin a patriot?
He wanted independence
What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To explain why the colonies should be free?
to protest by refusing to use or buy a good or service
Boycott
the murder of several or many people who cannot defend themselves
massacre
What law made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?
The Quartering Act
Lord Dunmore was a what?
Loyalist
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
people in the American colonies who opposed independence and wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain
Loyalists
a person guilty of betraying or acting against his or her own country
Traitor
What was an outcome of the French and Indian War
The British went into debt
Why did many colonists boycott tea and paper?
To protest the taxes on those items?
What did the booklet Common Sense persuaded American colonists to do?
To want independence
Patriot volunteers who were paid and trained to be ready to fight at a minute’s notice
Minutemen
the group of leaders who helped to establish the new American nation
Founding Fathers
What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
Rich landowners, governors, and religious leaders were often what group?
Loyalists
What was an important task facing the Second Continental Congress?
To organize the colonies for war
the lawmaking part of the British government, similar to the Congress in the United States
Parliament
a body of mostly untrained part-time soldiers who did required military service and were available for full-time paid duty when needed
Militia
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
To protect the colonists
Benjamin Franklin tried to persuade the British government to what?
Treat the colonists fairly
Read this line from the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." What are three rights the Declaration says cannot be taken away?
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness