People
This man became a martyr for the Patriot cause because he was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
The first battle of the American Revolution
Lexington & Concord
The English document listed freedoms of Englishmen.
English Bill of Rights
Another word for tax.
duty or tariff
The Tea Act essentially gave one company a monopoly on tea. How did the colonists react to this British law?
The Boston Tea Party led by the Sons of Liberty
Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty
Which event in the Road to the Revolution was an act of civil disobedience?
What influence do we see from John Locke today?
Thomas Jefferson wrote about natural rights in the Declaration of Independence
This is England's law making body.
Parliament
This British act placed an indirect tax on everyday goods like glass, lead, and tea.
Townshend Acts
This philosopher and political scientist is credited with the ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances.
Charles de Montesquieu
Boston Massacre
These documents allowed British officers to search anywhere they pleased for smuggled goods.
Writs of Assistance
When Great Britain limited colonial trade with other countries, this emphasized which economic policy.
Mercantilism
What was the most effective way for the colonists to get England to repeal their acts?
Boycotts
She wrote pamphlets, plays and poems urging colonists to separate from Britain.
Mercy Otis Warren
This ended the French & Indian War.
Treaty of Paris 1763
This was Parliament's response to the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts
Slogan that colonists created in response to the taxes that Great Britain placed on the colonies.
"No Taxation without Representation"
This act required colonists to house, feed, and transport British soldiers in the colonies.
Quartering Act
Ruler of England during this time.
King George III
List two different ways that the colonists chose to show their displeasure with British rule.
Boycotts, smuggling, civil disobedience, etc.
This law required colonists to pay a tax for printed goods like playing cards, wills, etc.
The Stamp Act
When John Adams represented the Redcoats in court after the Boston Massacre he exhibited which trait?
Civic Virtue
After the Intolerable Acts, the colonists took what action?
Met at the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia