Important People
Who wrote the Declaration Of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
England restricted colonial trade, colonists could trade only with England,
Navigation Acts
Where's the place in Massachusetts noted for witchcraft trials?
Salem
What was the term for British soldiers?
Redcoats
Refusal to buy certain products
Boycott
Who helped form Committees Of Correspondence?
Samuel Adams
Colonists forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains, area west of Appalachian Mountains reserved for Indians
Proclamation (1763)
What was the colony that was established in 1607 on the Virginia coast?
Jamestown
Where did most colonial protest take place?
Boston, Massachusetts
British soldiers who fired into a crowd of colonial protesters
Boston Massacre
What organization formed to protest the Stamp Act and Boycott British goods?
Sons Of Liberty
The first internal tax on the colonies, required stamp on printed material
Stamp Acts (1765)
What's the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth?
The Mayflower
___ Of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party
Sons
First battles of the Revolutionary war
Lexington/Concord
Who's the lawyer who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
Parliament maintains tax on tea
Tea Acts (1773)
Who were the people who contracted themselves to work, usually for seven years, for whoever would pay their way to America?
Indentured Servants
What did Britain impose to the colonists that made them protest?
Taxes
Militia trained to be ready quickly
Minuteman
He took a midnight ride
Paul Revere
Closed port of Boston until colonists paid for destroyed tea, self government in Massachusetts
Intolerable Act (1774)
What was considered the "Lost Colony"?
Roanoke
What cousins protested British actions?
John Adams
Called for separation from Britain
Declaration Of Independence