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Protest
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George Washington
Who is the commander in chief of the continental army?
100
representation
What word means a voice in one's government?
100
this battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
100
the first plan of government for the United States
What is Articles of Confederation?
100
the main way that colonist protested British taxing
What is boycotting goods?
200
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
200
boycott
What is refusing to buy goods?
200
after this battle, the British realized fighting the colonists wasn't going to be easy.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
This was passed on July 4, 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
these people made their own cloth as a way of protest
What is the Daughters of Liberty?
300
He was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation.
What is John Dickinson known for?
300
petition
What is a signed document that request something?
300
Britain and France both claimed the same lands in North America (the Ohio Valley)
What is the cause of the French and Indian War?
300
this kept the states together as a nation during the Revolutionary War
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
this group of colonists helped to spread information quickly throughout the colonies
What is Committee of Correspondence?
400
the person who organized the first Committee of Correspondence and was thought to have organized the Boston Tea Party
Who is Samuel Adams?
400
alliance
What is an agreement between two groups? (meaning they are on the same side)
400
Parliament passed new tax laws for the colonists.
What is the way that Britain paid for the French and Indian War?
400
this angered the colonists because it said that lands west of the Appalachian Mountains was reserved for the Native Americans
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
400
this was a written way that colonists showed King George that they were in protest of the unfair taxes
What is writing petitions?
500
This person called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress.
Who is Richard Henry Lee?
500
This was given to Britain's East India Company as a result of the Tea Act.
What is a monopoly?
500
minutemen
What are soldiers who were ready to fight at a minutes notice?
500
could be called treason and was punishable by death
What is signing the Declaration of Independence?
500
this form of protest prepared colonists for battle if a battle was to arise
What is forming militias?