This vocabulary term is defined as: to stop buying goods from a particular country or business
What is a boycott
100
The war that caused the British to change their taxation policies toward the colonies
What is the French and Indian War
100
This document was issued on July 4th, 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence
100
this battle convinced the French to send troops to help the Americans
What is the battle of Saratoga
100
These took the place of towns and cities in the South
What are plantations
200
This vocabulary term is defined as: the theory that colonies only exist to benefit the Mother Country
What is mercantilism
200
The Proclamation of 1763 declared this
What is limiting westward expansion past the Appalachian Mountains
200
This man wrote "Common Sense"
Who is Thomas Paine
200
The British surrendered at this battle
What is the battle of Yorktown
200
These are three examples of self-government in the colonies
What are town hall meetings, the House of Burgesses, and the Mayflower Compact
300
This vocabulary term is defined as: a soldier who agrees to fight for someone in exchange for payment
What is a mercenary
300
The act that taxed tea and lead to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Townsend Acts
300
The writers of the Declaration of Independence were inspired by the thinkers from this era
What is the Enlightenment
300
This first battle gave the Americans confidence and pushed the British back to Boston, it was the "shot heard round the world"
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord
300
This man created the "join or die" poster to convince colonists to work together during the French and Indian War
Who is Benjamin Franklin
400
This vocabulary term is defined as: small groups using tactics such as hit-and-run, sabotage, ambush, and raids to fight a larger military force
What is guerrilla warfare
400
Part of the Coercive Acts that forced colonists to provide housing for British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
400
"Common Sense" convinced many people to do this
What is support independence
400
Washington and the Continental Army attacked the British on Christmas 1776 at this battle
What is the battle of Trenton and Princeton
400
George Washington built this fort to defend against the French during the French and Indian War
What is Fort Necessity
500
This vocabulary term is defined as: a crude stuffed figure meant to represent a particular person that is destroyed to protest a cause
What is an effigy
500
The meaning of "taxation without representation"
What is the colonists didn't have representatives in Parliament, the colonists didn't have a say in the taxes passed in the colonies
500
John Locke argued that power of government came from this source
What is "the people"
500
The British wanted to isolate New England during the Revolutionary War, so the British decided to merge 3 armies at this city before marching to New England