Vocabulary
To cancel or nullify, especially a law.
What is Repeal
Helped lead the raid to capture Fort Ticonderoga, but was mad that he was SECOND in charge.
What is Benedict Arnold
The name of the ride were Paul Revere warned the colonist that the British were coming
What is the Midnight Ride
"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."
What is the List of Grievances
Who helped revise the Declaration of Independence.
What is Benjamín Franklin
The British law requiring colonists to purchase a stamp for official documents and published papers.
What is the Stamp Act.
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock
The "Battle" were colonist caught the British off guard.
What is the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands...''
What is the Preamble
Who is the General of the Continental Army.
What is George Washington
The British law that lowered the duty on molasses to cut out smuggling, so that the British would get the revenue.
What is the Sugar Act
Refused to sign the Declaration of Independence.
What is John Dickinson
The 1773 incident in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped their cargo in protest of British taxes on the colonists.
What is the Boston tea party
"How Many People Signed the Declaration of Independence."
What is 56 people
What State FINALLY joined the rest of the Representatives in Philadelphia.
What is the State of Georgia
A smooth sloped hill made of glacial sediments.
What is a Drumlin
This man wrote “Common Sense” and helped unite colonists in their quest for independence
What is Thomas Paine
The 1770 incident in which British soldiers fired locals who had been taunting them.
What is the Boston Massacre
"For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States."
What is the List of Grievances
The Birth(PLACE) of the United States of America.
What is the City of Philadelphia
Human made earth modifications.
What is Earthwork
What is Solomon Chandler
The 1774 meeting of representatives from (almost) all American colonies to decide on a response to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress.
"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States."
What is The Statement of Rights
What American Colony did George Washington represent?
What is the Virginia Colony