COLONIAL ACTS & TAXES
This 1765 Act placed a tax on all paper products.
What is the Stamp Act?
Colonists participated in the Boston Tea Party to protest this Act
What is the Tea Act?
He led the war strategy against Britain, was highly respected, and did not sign the Declaration of Independence because he was preparing the Continental Army for war
Who is George Washington?
The First and Second Continental Congress met in this large Pennsylvania city
What is Philadelphia?
This section proclaims the colonists' ability to assume their independence and states that their request is reasonable
What is the Introduction?
Passed in 1764, this Act taxed rum and was especially harmful to the economies of the New England Colonies
What is the Sugar Act?
Participants of the Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as these people
What are Native Americans (or Mohawk tribespeople)?
He was a merchant, member of the Sons of Liberty, and the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature
Who is John Hancock?
After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress adopted this petition, stating they desired to remain loyal to England and sought peaceful resolution
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This section outlines the colonist's philosophy on government, including "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
What is the Preamble?
This series of acts taxed imported goods, like glass and lead, and allowed British officials to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods
What are the Townshend Acts?
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British passed this act, also known as the Intolerable Acts
What are the Coercive Acts (or Intolerable Acts)?
He was the oldest person, age 70 at the time, to sign the Declaration of Independence
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
John Hancock was the first person to sign this historical document
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Fifth Section of the Declaration, known as the conclusion, serves this purpose
What is to justify the colonists' ability to assume independence?
Colonists opposed British taxation because they felt this principle was unfair
What is Taxation without representation?
This colony was the most severely punished by the Coercive/Intolerable Acts, leading to the closing of its harbor
What is Massachusetts?
He wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which had a profound impact on colonists' desire for independence
Who is Thomas Paine?
This was the year the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence
What is 1776?
This section, the First Section of the Body, lists the many transgressions King George III made against the colonies
What is the Indictment of King George III?
Following the French & Indian War, this measure was issued prohibiting colonists from settling territory west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This influential group of rebellious colonists, who opposed King George III and favored independence, had several participants in the Boston Tea Party
What are the Sons of Liberty?
He agreed to provide legal representation to the British soldiers who fired upon unarmed colonists at the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?
The Second Continental Congress met at this building, which was formerly the Pennsylvania State House
What is Independence Hall?
This section, the Second Section of the Body, states the colonists have made numerous attempts at peaceful resolution and declares separation from Great Britain
What is the Denunciation?