Road to Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He issued this, that angered colonists.
KING GEORGE III. What is The Proclamation of 1763
Name of the British government
Parliament
Area of land that the French & Indian War was fought over:
Ohio River Valley
Was the second meeting of the colonists that would create the Olive Branch Petition.
2nd Continental Congress
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
A Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere
Secret meeting of the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia to discuss how to respond to British taxes and especially the intolerable Acts
1st Continental Congress
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Who wrote the newspaper Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The British were taxing the colonies to pay debts from which war?
French & Indian War
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
Loyalist
This man built fort Necessity during the French & Indian War. He was also Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
George Washington
The name of members of the militia in the colonies who would be ready to fight at a moment's notice.
Minutemen
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Patriots who used any means necessary (protests, violence, threats) to resist English rule.
This is an unofficial army of citizens that come together to fight:
Militia
English philosopher who believed in natural rights.
John Locke (Life, Liberty, Property)
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
BOSTON MASSACRE
This act stated that ships comong from the colonies had to go through England first, and that any ship used had to be an English ship.
Navigation Acts
Law passed allowing British soldiers to unlawfully board ships of the colonists and seize smuggled cargo on board.
Writs of Assistance
1st battle of the American Revoltuion is called:
Battle of Lexington & Concord
This person was the hypeman for the colonists leading up to the American Revolution. This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry