The American Revolution

Define: An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

Define: A powerful Native American confederacy located in the Great Lakes region

Define: An alliance of people or groups formed for an illicit purpose

Define: A sudden, violent, and copious outpouring of (something, typically words or feelings)

How did Great Britain win the Seven Years War?

What was the real name of the war between France and Great Britain?

Define: A system of ideas and ideals formed basis of economic or political theory and policy

How were the colonists told to respond to the Stamp Act by the Sons of Liberty?

Define: A person who fought for independence during the American Revolution

Define: A meeting of representatives from colonies to make peace with the Iroquois Confederacy

How does Thomas Paine describe society and government in his pamphlet “Common Sense”?

How do the events in Western Massachusetts go against the story of the American Revolution?

What were the risks associated with writing and signing the Declaration of Independence?

Define: Based on or in accordance with reason or logic

Which of the following lands did the British NOT gain from winning the war against France?

Why did the British government strictly enforce the Stamp Act?

What was a reason given why the colonists were dressed as Indians during the Boston Tea Party?

Define: Document signed by Colonial merchants promising not to buy or import British goods

Define: Financial activity that involves purchase of land with hope that it will increase

Which two countries fought in the French and Indian War?

Define: Import tax

Why might the actions of the Sons of Liberty be seen as acts of terrorism?

Why was the Albany Congress assembled?

Define: Warm and friendly

What is significant about the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

Define: Not influenced by considerations of personal advantage

Define: Causing angry or violent feelings

Define: Information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

Define: A person who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution

Why didn’t the leaders of the Boston Tea Party even want their voices to be recognized?

Why did some colonists would oppose independence?

Define: The restoration of friendly relations

Who was the Captain of the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre?

Who is “He” that the colonists refer to in the grievances in the Declaration of Independence?

Which right is NOT one of the unalienable rights of the Declaration of Independence?

Define: Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism

Define: Special search & warrants allowed colonial tax collectors to search for smuggled goods