Key People
This man was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
In 1770, British soldiers killed five colonists in this violent confrontation.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This 1765 act required colonists to buy special paper for legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This group, founded by Samuel Adams, led protests and boycotts against British policies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Many people came to America to escape persecution for practicing their faith.
What is religious freedom?
This founding father defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre but later became a key advocate for independence.
Who is John Adams?
In 1773, colonists protested British taxation by dumping tea into the harbor during this event.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This 1767 set of laws taxed imports like glass, paint, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Colonists used this form of protest by refusing to buy British goods.
What is a boycott?
Some settlers hoped to find gold and wealth in the New World.
What is economic opportunity?
He organized the Sons of Liberty and was a strong opponent of British taxation.
Who is Samuel Adams?
This 1774 meeting of colonial delegates was the first unified response to British policies.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This series of punitive laws, also known as the Coercive Acts, were passed after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This famous phrase expressed colonial anger over taxation without representation.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This term describes people who agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to America.
What is indentured servitude?
This philosopher’s ideas on natural rights influenced the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?
This battle in 1775 marked the first military engagements of the American Revolution.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This law required colonists to house and supply British troops.
What is the Quartering Act?
These organized groups helped spread information and coordinate resistance against British policies.
What are the Committees of Correspondence?
European nations wanted to expand their power by establishing colonies in North America.
What is imperial expansion?
This British king’s refusal to compromise with the colonists led to the revolution.
Who is King George III?
This 1776 document formally declared the colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This law in 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This group of women supported the boycott of British goods and helped make homemade alternatives.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
Some groups, like the Pilgrims, signed agreements to govern themselves before settling in America.
What is self-governance?