British Taxes & Laws
French and Indian War
A word for freedom.
Liberty
Commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
Document that announced the 13 colonies were separating from Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
Jupiter
A phrase used by colonists to express how they felt the taxes were unfair.
No Taxation Without Representation
Natural Rights
Benjamin Franklin
A military made of ordinary citizens
Militita
What do you call a butterfly in the first stage of its life?
Larva
Acts passed by King George III to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts
Enlightenment thinker that inspired the Founding Fathers with his idea about government and natural rights.
John Locke
Man who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet supporting independence.
Thomas Paine
A cruel and oppressive government
Tyranny
Which US state is called "The Last Frontier"
Alaska
One way colonists protested British taxes by refusing to buy British goods.
Boycott
The idea that the government's power comes from the people, not the King.
Consent of the Governed.
Founding Father who defended the British Redcoats at the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
Information designed to influence opinion
Propaganda
What superhero is known as the Man of Steel?
Superman
Effigies
Social Contract Theory
British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
General Cornwallis
The period of Great Britain being "hands off" the colonies.
Salutary Neglect
What compound, produced through photosynthesis, makes leaves green?
Chlorophyll