The 13 Colonies
Which country is the mother country of the American colonies.
Great Britain
This act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon. Not enough of a reduction to make the colonists happy.
Sugar Act
This was the document that clearly outlined what the colonists believed were their natural rights.
The Declaration of Independence
This group was a secret society of people from the American colonies who wanted to protect the rights of colonists.
The Sons of Liberty
What was the first colony in the Americas?
Virginia
This was a tax on paper, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, playing cards and other publications.
The Stamp Act
The founders of the Declaration of Independence believed the people had the rights to....
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
This French General offered great assistance to train and discipline the inexperienced colonial military.
Lafayette
What northeast colony was founded in 1620?
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
This Act was the tax of all foreign goods on the American colonists. It placed a heavy tax on tea.
Townshend Act
The colonists believed that their natural rights were given to them by their....
Creator
The first battles of the Revolutionary War took place in these two Massachusetts towns.
Lexington and Concord
The colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut are part of which northeastern region?
New England
This Act included the quartering of British troops in Colonists homes.
The Intolerable Acts
Which Founding father was asked to write the natural rights into the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jeffereson
This man(a popular ambassador to France) was a major influence in encouraging the French King to supply troops, money and support to the American colonists.
Benjamin Franklin
The last of the 13 colonies was the only original colony founded in the 1700's in the South. Name the colony.
Georgia
This was the final act of defiance in opposition to British rule in the colonies.
The Revolution
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
What does unalienable mean?
Cannot be taken away or denied
The group of people who called themselves loyalists were allies of...
a. The colonists seeking freedom from Great Britain
b. Great Britain
c. The French who supported the war effort against Great Britain.
d. The Native Americans who supported the removal of British rule in the colonies.
Great Britain