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100

What were the taxes on all printed materials in the colonies called?

Stamp Act
100
What are the colonists called that want independence from Britain?
Patriots
100

This officially announced the American colonies’ separation from Britain

The Declaration of Independence
100

Where did the first battles of the Revolutionary War take place?

Lexington & Concord
100

Who wrote Common Sense

Thomas Paine
200

What were forced on the colonists to punish them for the Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts
200

What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly

parliament
200

 What was the importance of Common Sense?

It encouraged many colonists to support the War for Independence


200

What event did the British fire into a crowd of colonists and kill 5 people?

the Boston Massacre
200
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
300
What act caused colonists to have the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
300

What is the term that means refusal to buy goods

boycott
300

This banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Proclamation of 1763
300
Although the colonial army had to retreat from this early battle, it showed that they would not be easily defeated.
Battle of Bunker Hill
300

Who dressed up as Native Americans and dumped the British tea in the harbor?

Sons of Liberty
400

What were the taxes placed on all imported goods called

Townshend Acts
400

These allowed customs officials to search for smuggled goods without a warrant

Writs of Assistance
400

What was the purpose of the Second Continental Congress?


To decide how to respond to British taxes


400
How was the French & Indian war a main cause of the Revolutionary War?
It caused Britain to tax the colonists more to pay for the war and British soldier in the colonies
400

Who was the most famous co-founder of the Sons of Liberty

Sam Adams
500
What is the other name for the Intolerable Acts?
Coercive Acts
500

What was the last effort made by the colonies for peace with Britain?

Olive Branch Petition
500
In what battle did the colonial army take the British army of Hessians by surprise on Christmas and win?
Battle of Trenton, NJ (not on quiz)
500
Whose theories are the key ideas of the Declaration of Independence based on?
John Locke (not on quiz)
500
Who came up with the phrase "No taxation without Representation'?
Patrick Henry (this is not on the quiz...)