British Control
This act required colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The Sons of Liberty used propaganda about this March 5, 1770, event to arouse resistance to British authority.
What is the Boston Massacre?
During the Revolution, these were the people who sided with the rebels.
Who are the Patriots?
Congress voted yes to accept this document on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This famous group was created to oppose British policies.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
This act was passed by the British that forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
This man alerted the colonists (minutemen) that the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere?
During the Revolution, these were the people who sided with the British.
Who are the Loyalists?
This man authored Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This man created a famous engraving of the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
Parliament passed this to raise money to help pay for the cost of defending the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This future President defended the redcoats involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
What was the name of the meeting that led to the Declaration of Independence?
The second continental congress
These are rights the government cannot take away. The Declaration of Independence is based on them.
What are inalienable rights?
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness)
During the Boston Tea Party, colonists disguised themselves as these people.
Who are Native Americans?
This set of acts was put in place by the British as a reaction to the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
What were the Boston colonists doing to provoke the British soldiers (leading to the Boston Massacre)
They threw rocks, snowballs, and seashells
What was the name of the "battle" that led to the "shot heard around the world"?
This man was chosen to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This battle was fought near Boston, Massachusetts (ono a hill) between the British and Americans.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
After 1763, British soldiers were stationed in the colonies to keep the peace between these two groups.
Who are the colonists and Native Americans?
This event happened as a response to the Tea Act. The cargoes of British ships were thrown overboard.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These members of the militia were trained to be ready at a moment's notice.
Who are the Minutemen?
This man composed the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first battles of the Revolutionary War took place near these villages.
What are Lexington and Concord?