Acts
What is the stamp act?
Tax on paper products
Who was George Washington?
Commander of the colonial militia
What is a boycott?
Refusal to purchase/ partake something
What is a Loyalist?
Somebody who remained loyal to Britain
What is a Patriot?
Somebody who wanted freedom from Britain.
What is the sugar act?
Ensuring colonists could only purchase sugar from British companies
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Explain what happened during the Boston Massacre
Colonists threw things at soldiers and the soldiers shot and killed multiple people
What was the colonists reaction to the Townshend Acts?
Started rioting and tarred and feathered customs officials
What is smuggling?
Illegally importing
What act allowed soldiers to take shelter in colonial housing?
Quartering act
What was Patrick Henry famous for saying?
"Give me liberty or give me death"
What was the result of the French and Indian war?
British/ colonial victory. France gave up their land in the New World.
What is the enlightenment?
A movement emphasizing reason and individualism
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists dressed up as natives and threw tea into the harbor
What was the Declaratory Act?
Voided all colonial governments, restated that the King was the ultimate authority.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The author of Common Sense and came up with "Life, liberty, and property"
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What is the Great Awakening
A period of religious revival
What was the only Colony that did not send a representative in the first Continental Congress?
Georgia
What are the intolerable acts?
A punishment from Britain for the Boston Tea Party
Who stated the ideas of social contracts between governments and their people?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
What date was the Declaration of Independence accepted by Congress?
July 4th 1776
What is Salutary Neglect?
A period of time when Britain neglected the colonies
Explain the Olive Branch petition
A document attempting to establish peace with Britain prior to the war starting