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People of the Revolution
Important Elements
Important Locations
Ingredients of the Revolution
Acts & Laws
100
Patriots who dressed as native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
100
Document that explains why the colonists had to seperate from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence
100
City were the Continental Congresses met
What is Philadelphia?
100
Slogan about taxes that influenced many colonists to rebel against Great Britain
What is "No taxation without representation!"
100
Act that required a tax on all PRINTED items such as documents, playing cards ot newspapers
What is the Stamp Act?
200
British General who controlled Boston under the Intolerable Acts; he sent troops to Lexington & Concord
Who is General Thomas Gage
200
Group that acted as the government for the colonies during the Revolution
What was the Second Continental Congress?
200
City and colony that seemed to take the lead in disobeying British laws
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
200
refusal by the colonists to buy British goods
What is boycott?
200
Harsh laws that were passed to punish the people of Boston for the Tea party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams?
300
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that was easy to understand and influenced colonists to support separation from Britain
What is Common Sense?
300
European country that helped the Americans win the Revolution
What is France
300
"I only regret I have but one life to lose for my country!"
Who is Nathan Hale?
300
Law that required colonists to provide housing and food for the British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act?
400
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
Petition sent Second Continental Congress to the king to stop the war
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
400
Place where George Washington and the colonial troops spent a miserable winter where many died
What is Valley Forge?
400
Frenchman who was a fovorite of Washington's
Who is Marquis Lafayette?
400
Tax on imported goods such as tea, paint, glass or cloth
What is the Townshend Acts?
500
This British General surrendered at Yorktown
Who is Cornwallis
500
Committee organized to keep the colonies informed of events by writing letters
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
500
Place where the British surrendered to the Continental Army
What is Yorktown?
500
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all people 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 is the Declaration of Independence?
500
Law that reserved the land west of the Applachian Mountains for the Native Americans and required all colonists to move back to one of the 13 original colonies
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?