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This act required a stamp to be purchased and placed on legal documents, playing cards, and dice in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This group of delegates petitioned King George and parliament to stop forcing colonists to pay for stamps for legal docs, cards, and dice.
Who is the Stamp Act Congress?
I was a Maryland Delegate, a Catholic, the writer of "First Citizen" letters which argued for Maryland to Govern itself so Catholics would have liberty.
Who is Charles Carroll?
I was the commander-in-chief for the patriot forces of the Independence war.
Who is George Washington?
This was the characteristic of Washington which kept his men from surrendering even at the darkest times of the war.
What is integrity or loyalty?
This act required colonists to allow British troops into their private homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
This group of nine men stirred up riots after parliament levied taxes on imports such as glass, paper, and tea.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
I was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
I was an insubordinate general who retreated from the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse in Philadelphia when commanded to attack, who was arrested and found guilty of disobedience and disrespect for my Commander-in-Chief.
Who is General Charles Lee?
The British lacked this and did not annihilate the Americans on several occasions when they could have.
What is inclination or drive?
This act extended Quebec into lands claimed by Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Virginia and also allowed religious freedom to French Canadian Catholics.
What is the Quebec Act?
Patriots did this to the tea on ships stuck in the Boston Harbor because of refusal to pay taxes on the tea.
What is dumped it into the harbor?
I was the Virginian who declared the famous words "Give me liberty or give me Death!".
Who is Patrick Henry?
I was in Command of West Point and allowed it to fall into disrepair and gave confidential information to British General Clinton all to get revenge for lack of attention to my previous victories.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The British felt entitled to this from the colonies since England had helped them win the War with the French.
What is payment of debts?
These acts, by British parliament, were levies of taxes on certain imports to the colonies, including glass, tea, and paper.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This group of delegates met in response to the Boston Port Bill, The Massachusetts Government Act, the Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act to discuss total independence or compromise.
Who is the First Continental Congress?
I was the Massachusetts lawyer who provided intellectual arguments for independence, and who believed in Divine providence and that liberty could only be achieved if men were virtuous.
Who is John Adams?
I was the French Admiral who stopped the British from escaping from Virginia, ultimately giving Washington a great victory in York Town.
Who was De Grasse?
The patriots felt hostility toward John Adams because he represented the British soldiers at trial after this significant event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The name given by the patriots to the Boston Port Bill, The Massachusetts Government Act and the Quartering Act collectively.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This group of delegates assembled in response to the British troops marching on Lexington and the inevitability of war that followed.
Who is The Second Continental Congress?
I led the drive for independence in Virginia, was elected to the House of Burgesses, and believed men had natural virtue when given liberty.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
I was the British General who suffered defeat at the Battle of Princeton and who was forced to surrender to Washington at York Town because I was surrounded and had no route for escape.
Who is General Cornwallis?
The overall tone of the First Continental Congress was this, which changed drastically by the time the Second Continental Congress met.
What is compromise?