Famous Founders
He led the American army to victory and became our very first President.
Who is George Washington?
Passed in 1765, this rule made colonists pay extra money for newspapers and printed paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
When colonists refused to buy British goods to protest taxes, it was called a...
What is a boycott?
The American Revolution started when British troops fired on colonists in Lexington and Concord in this state.
What is Massachusetts?
Colonists gave this bad name to the four harsh rules passed in 1774 to punish Massachusetts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and became our third President.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Britain started taxing the colonies to pay off debts from this war against France.
What is the French and Indian War?
When Britain canceled or took back a tax law, they did this to it.
What is repeal?
5 colonists were killed in 1770 when British soldiers fired into an angry crowd in this famous event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
One of the Intolerable Acts forced colonists to let British soldiers sleep in these places.
What are their homes?
At age 70, he was the oldest founder to sign the Declaration of Independence and helped get France to help us.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
King George took away most taxes, except for the tax on this favorite hot drink.
What is tea?
Each colony had one of these local groups that made everyday rules and collected taxes before 1765.
What is an assembly?
Colonists dumped crates of British tea into the water during this famous night event in 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Georgia was the ONLY colony that did NOT send representatives to this big 1774 meeting in Philadelphia.
What is the First Continental Congress?
He was the strongest supporter of independence and became our second President.
Who is John Adams?
This group of colonists sometimes used violence to fight against British tax collectors.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This famous group of 9 colonies met in New York to fight against the Stamp Act.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
This Massachusetts city was the main location where colonists protested against British rules.
What is Boston?
To punish Boston after the Tea Party, Britain closed this important place for ships.
What is the port (or harbor) of Boston?
He wanted the 13 states to join together into one strong nation.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
How many original American colonies were there?
What is 13?
Colonists were mad about British taxes because they were used to doing this themselves.
What is governing themselves (or running their own affairs)?
The war started as a fight for rights, but ended up as a fight for complete...
What is independence?
Leaders met in this Pennsylvania city in 1774 to try to make peace with Britain.
What is Philadelphia?