Vocab
The introduction to an important document
What is a preamble
These people argued that the killings proved colonists needed to resist British control:
A Patriots
B Loyalists
C Women
D African Americans
E Indigenous people
Who are Patriots
This act occurred as a result of tax on tea
What is the Boston Tea Party
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
The main idea of the piece of writing was to show the problems between colonists and British
What is "Common Sense"
A colonist who favored war against Britan
Told neighbors and families about the event and encouraged boycott of British goods.
A. Patriots
B. Loyalists
C. Women
D. African Americans
E. Indigenous People
Who are women
This Act was a tax on paper.
What is the Stamp Act
Who was the author of "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
This listed the wrongs or grievances made by the Americans to break away from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
A colonist who remained loyal to Britan
What is a loyalist
People who worried that, no matter who won, settler would continue to take their land and threaten their way of life.
A. Patriots
B. Loyalists
C. Women
D. African Americans
E. Indigenous People
Who are indigenous people
This Act said the colonies had to provide shelter to the British Army
What is the Quartering Act
These people sided with Britain because they said that if the colonies would take over their land
Who are the Native Americans
This is the LAST battle of the American Revolution was faught.
What is the Battle of Yorktown.
A letter sent to King George the III as a final attempt for peace.
What is the Olive Branch Petition
Crispus Attucks' death and how the Patriots honored him, showed these people that they were part of the fight for freedom.
A. Patriots
B. Loyalists
C. Women
D. African Americans
E. Indigenous People
Who are the African Americans
A series of laws past as a result of the Boston Tea Party
What is the intolerable Act
These people sided with Britain because they promised them freedom if the went on their side.
Who are the African Americans.
This was the FIRST Battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
A complaint or list of wrongs done.
What is a grievance.
To these people, the presence of British Soldiers was necessary to keep peace.
A. Patriots
B. Loyalists
C. Women
D. African Americans
E. Indigenous People
Who are the loyalists
A series of of new taxes and restrictions implemented by the British Government
What is the Townshend Act
This person lead the continental Army
Who is George Washington
A word that means to not buy something
What is boycott