Name the two towns were the colonists and the British begin fighting
Where are Lexington and Concord
Commander of British troops in the colonies
Who is Thomas Gage
How did the colonist respond when the king did not Grant the request of the Stamp Act Congress
What is a boycott
What were the requirements of the Proclamation of 1763
It banned colonists from going west of the Appalachians settlers had to leave if they were already there and Traders had to have a license
This Indian group sided with the British in the French and Indian War
Who are the Iroquis
This city was under siege after the first skirmishes the war for independence
Where is Boston
Name given to members of the colonial militia
What are Minutemen
How did the colonists organize themselves to promote opposition to Britain
What is the Committee of Correspondence
What were the effects of colonists smuggling goods into the colonies
It helped Britain the enemy's deprived Britain from direct income
What was Britain's greatest weakness in a colonial war against France
What is the lack of unity among the colonies
Site of the second Skirmish on April 18th 1775
Where is the Concord Bridge
Names of two colonial leaders British troops were going to arrest on April 18th 1775
Who are John Hancock and Samuel Adams
Why did colonists dump British tea during the Boston Tea Party
Because the British were raising taxes on tea
This act placed duties on sugar and molasses coffee silks and indigo
What was the Sugar Act
How did the British respond to the demands of the First Continental Congress
Britain send more troops and was determined to keep the law and they put more restraints on people
Site of the first Skirmish on April 18th 1775
Where is Lexington
2 little known people that said the British were coming
Who are William Dawes and Samuel Prescott
Name the statement of protest adopted by the First Continental Congress
What is the Declaration of Rights and grievances
Why did Britain and the colonies reject the Albany Plan of Union
The colonists feared they would lose freedom and Britain felt it would threaten control
A more known person that said the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere
Why did the colonists feel that the Quebec Act was the most intolerable of the Intolerable Act
They feared it would take away Westward Expansion and they thought Roman Catholics would be favored