"Don't Tread on me!"
Another word for freedom.
What is liberty?
People purposefully refuse to buy products or use services as an act of protest against something.
What is to boycott?
A word that means something goes against the rules of how a government is supposed to work.
What is unconstitutional?
A group of men that organized themselves to protect their town or colony.
What is a militia?
This is a group of people that judges whether someone is guilty of breaking a law or not.
What is a jury?
Sons of Liberty member from Massachusetts who is most famous for the "Bloody Massacre" engraving and his midnight run to warn fellow patriots that British troops were heading their way.
Who is Paul Revere?
This founding father from Pennsylvania was a printer, inventor, scientist, and a highly respected statesman who was famous for many things, some of which were: creating and printing the "Join or Die" political cartoon, inventing bifocals, and convincing France to ally with the Americans during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Ben Franklin?
A man from Virginia who was unanimously chosen to be the leader of the Continental Army...and eventually became the first President of the United States of America.
Who is George Washington?
A leader within the Sons of Liberty who hails from Boston whose cousin named John represented the British troops that fired into the angry mob of colonists during the night of the Boston Massacre.
Who is Samuel Adams?
The author of a pamphlet that contained 7 logical arguments that explained to the colonists why it was it was just "Common Sense" for the colonies to declare independence from Great Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Another word for a friend or partner.
What is an ally?
The act of canceling or ending a law.
What is repeal?
A formal written agreement between nations that ends a war.
What is a treaty?
A colonist who followed the British laws and did not want to declare independence from Great Britain.
What is a loyalist?
This word means to give your permission about something.
What is consent?
A British law that made it illegal for colonists to cross over to the western side of the Appalachian Mountains.
This gentleman from Virginia wrote THE BEST break-up letter of all time, better known as, The Declaration of Independence, and eventually became the 3rd president of the USA.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A British law that required colonists to provide housing for British Troops.
What is the Quartering Act?
A British law that went into effect in 1765 required colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials, from legal documents to decks of cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
A 1767 British law that required colonists to pay a tax on imported goods such as: tea, glass, paper, lead, paint, ink, and dyes.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Money a government collects from its citizens to pay for products, goods, and services it provides to the people.
What is a tax?
What is the Tea Act?
Information that is biased or misleading and used to promote/persuade/manipulate others to support a particular political cause or view.
A series of laws known as the "Coercive Acts" in England were created to punish the people of Boston for dumping 300 crates of East India Company Tea into the Boston Harbor.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Colonists who were angry with the British government because they believed the government was abusing its power over the people. These people eventually decided it was best to declare independence from Great Britain.
What is a patriot?
This controversial issue of the day that Thomas Jefferson listed in the grievances section of the original draft of the Declaration of Independence did not make it into the final draft.
What is slavery?
This meeting was held in 1774 after the Intolerable Acts went into effect and was the first time delegates from all the colonies gathered and worked as a group to discuss how to deal with the British government.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The government law-making group of Great Britain the colonists had no representation in that created and passed laws such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Quartering Act.
What is the British Parliament?
The problem the British government faced after the French and Indian War.
What is paying back its war debt?
Closely reading a map key is a skill that will help you.
What is understand the information presented on a map?