The American Revolution

Who helped create the Sons of Liberty to protest and use violence to frighten tax collectors.

Colonist who chose to fight for independence.

Army created by the Second Continential Congress to carry out the fight aganist Britian.

This took place when British soliders fired into a crowd, killing five colonist.

Common Sense made a strong case for political and economic freedom.

What was King George's response to the Olive Branch Petition?

Name three points Thomas Jefferson made in the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson believed in the Enlightenment idea of the social contract.

Why do you think Common Sense was so popular?

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

The First Continental Congress demanded what from Great Britian?

This act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal whenever they bought paper items.

Members of the local militia who are ready to fight at a minute's notice.

The Virginian who commanded the Continential Army

Today, we celebrate the Fourth of July as the birthday of our nation.

Name one group who had no rights under the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, wrote that citizens, not monarchs, should make laws.

Which act required colonist to house British soliders?

George Washington, the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Great Britian responded to colonial actions by passing the Intolerable Acts.

British efforts to raise taxes on colonists sparked protest.

The Continental Congress voted in favor of the Declaration of Independence on what date?

These laws were designed to punish the colonists in Boston for their actions aganist the British.

The Townshend Act charged taxes on

Colonist protested the French tax on tea with the Boston Tea Party.

Why did the British soliders go to Concord?

Who wrote the 47-page pamphlet "Common Sense?"

Unalienable rights are rights that cannot be denied.

The signing of the Declaration of Independence broke the colonists away from Great Britian.

What was the name of the 47-page pamphlet that argured aganist British rule over America?

The second Continental Congress created the Continental army to fight the British.

Committees of Correspondence were created to

Why did Jefferson think the colonists should not obey King George III?

A protest in which colonist dressed as Native Americans and dumped over 340 tea chests

The Boston_________________ caused colonial resentment toward Great Britian.

The point argured by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence was that all men posses what?

Which act closed the Boston Harbor until colonists paid for tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party.

These rights include what?

Colonist responded to British taxes by refusing to buy British goods.

Patriots colonist, sometimes called Tories, who remained loyal to Britian.

The document that formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britian.

British soliders wearing red uniforms.

Armed conflict between British soliders and colonists broke out with the "shot heard round the world."

Samuel Adams wrote papers encouraging colonists to join the protest aganist unfair taxes.

An act allowing a British company to sell cheap tea directly to the colonist.

The First Continential Congress drafted a Declaration of Rights to present to King George III.

The social contract says that citizens should agree to be governed only when goverments support their rights.

Name one reason Parliment raised taxes.

What was the name of the petition that was sent to King George III from the colonist?

What was the battle fought near Breed's Hill called?