All the Acts
This act required merchants and lawyers to buy stamps for important legal documents
What is the Stamp Act
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, was written to encourage colonists to break away from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense
The British were concerned about French forts being built in this River Valley
What is Ohio
This founding father was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
This founding father wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was later elected the third president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This act was an attempt to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy by allowing tea to be sold directly to the colonies
What is the Tea Act
In response to the Tea Act, colonists dressed up as these people and threw tea into the Boston Harbor
What are Native Americans
These countries were already at war in Europe and those tensions spilled over into North America.
Who are the British and French
This is where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired
What is Lexington & Concord
He was the first person thought to have been killed in the Boston Massacre and was of African and Native American mixed descent
Who is Crispus Attucks
This act was designed to eliminate the illegal sugar trade between colonists and the French/Spanish West Indies
What is the Sugar Act
This is the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes
Who are the Sons of Liberty
The population of these colonial settlers was growing rapidly and pushing westward in search of more land.
Who are the British colonists
This treaty, signed in 1783, ended the Revolutionary War, and recognized the United States as independent of Great Britain.
What is the Treaty of Paris
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, these Acts closed the port of Boston and forced colonists to quarter British soldiers in their homes
What are the Intolerable Acts
This act required colonies to stop issuing paper money and to retire all paper money already in circulation
What is the Currency Act
After this rebellion, the Proclamation of 1763 limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains was put in place
What is Pontiac's Rebellion
These Native Americans were allied with the British
Who are the Iroquois
The Declaration of Independence stated that all people are born with the right to these unalienable rights
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
These acts were a form of trade protection during the era of mercantilism that led to colonists smuggling goods
What are the Navigation Acts
This was a tax raised to pay the salaries of governors and judges that made it harder for colonists to smuggle in goods, became a catalyst for the Boston Massacre
What are the Townshend Acts
This was the policy practiced by England during the 17th & 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased
What is Salutary Neglect
These Native Americans were allied with the French (name 3)
Who are the Algonquin, Lenape, Wyandot, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, and the Mi'kmaq
This battle was George Washington's decisive victory over Britain's General Lord Charles Cornwallis. It was the last major land battle of the American Revolution.
What is Yorktown
These are the grievances against the British crown that colonists listed in the Declaration of Independence (name two)
What are Taxation without representation, Quartering of soldiers, Right to a fair trial, Cutting off outside trade, Standing armies in peacetime, Burning their towns, Plundered their seas, No local legislatures