Taxation without Representation!
This war was fought over the conquest of land, starting in 1754 and ending in 1763.
What is the French and Indian War
What is the Tea Act
Who was the British King during the Revolutionary War?
Who is King George III
What was the name for the colonial government that ruled the colonies from 1774 to 1789
A major cause of the Revolutionary War was ______________ without _______________
Taxation without Representation
Britain believed the colonists should help pay the countries debt from the war and so imposed what tax?
What is the Sugar Act
What is the name of the event where colonists dressed up like Mohawk Indians and boarded three British Ships, throwing 90,000 pounds of Tea into the ocean?
What is the Boston Tea Party
Who has gone down in History for shouting, "The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere
Who's name is was written the biggest on the Declaration of Independence?
Who is John Hancock
Which 13 colonies wanted their freedom from Great Britain?
These were Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island.
List 3 things the sugar act caused to be taxed...
What is sugar, wine, indigo (a type of color dye) and molasses.
Which prominent colonial leader is quoted saying the act of colonists destroying British tea was an example of people defending their rights and not the act of an angry mob.
Who is Samuel Adams
Who is quoted as saying, "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin
What day did the Congress officially adopted the final version of the Declaration of Independence?
What is July 4th, 1776
The Revolutionary War split the people of the American colonies into two groups: Those who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain and those who remained loyal to King George III.
Loyalists and Patriots
What was the Stamp Act? Must list at lease 3 things that were taxed through this act.
The Stamp Act required colonists to buy and place stamps on many paper goods such as newspapers, diplomas, contracts, prayer books, playing cards, marriage licenses, and other legal documents. Laborers, craftsmen, farmers, lawyers, merchants, and basically everyone had to pay this tax.
What act demanded that colonists provide food, drink, lodging, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages?
What is the quartering act
Who is quoted saying, "Give me Liberty or give me Death!"
Who is Patrick Henry
Finish the sentence- "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."
On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops set off from Boston toward Concord, Massachusetts, in order to seize weapons and ammunition stockpiled there by American colonists. Early the next morning, the British reached Lexington, where approximately 70 minutemen had gathered on the village green. Someone suddenly fired a shot...This shot is known as
The shot heard round the world
Who formed secret groups of people to protest and take action against England, the British soldiers, and the representatives that were in the colonies.
The Sons of Liberty
How many people died in the Boston Massacre
what is 5
Who was on a committee to draft a declaration of Independence (must get 4 of the 5 names listed)
John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut
What is 56
The revolutionary war lead to another important document, outlining our independence. What is the name of this document?
The Constitution of the United States of America.