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pre-revolution
5th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | young lawyer from Virginia, main writer of Declaration of Independence |
| Samuel Adams | began and organized the Sons of Liberty |
| John Hancock | rich merchant wanting the king to notice his signature on Declaration of Independence, president of the 2nd continental congress |
| Paul Revere | warned the colonists the British Soldiers were on their way to Concord; silversmith |
| Patrick Henry | said "Give me liberty, or give me death!" |
| parliament | law-making body of England |
| Patriots | dressed as Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor |
| King George III | English ruler who taxed the colonists |
| loyalists | supported the king's ideas and were loyal to England |
| Crispus Attucks | 1st black American to die for America's freedom |
| 1763 | proclamation line established; end of French and Indian war (7 yrs. war) (year) |
| 1764-1767 | Sugar, Stamp, Quartering, and Townshend acts (year) |
| 1770 | Boston Massacre (year) |
| 1773 | Boston Tea Party (year) |
| 1774 | Intolerable acts (Coersive acts) (year) |
| 1775 | Revolutionary war begins @ Lexington and Concord (Mass.) (year) |
| 1776 | signing of Declaration of Independence (year) |
| sugar act | tax on sugar, affected colonist's ability to make rum at a reasonable price (sugar --> rum) |
| stamp act | colonist's payed tax when buying legal documents, all printed materials, even playing cards! |
| Townshend acts | taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paint |
| Intolerable acts (Coersive acts) | 5 different acts, angered colonists to take extreme action. closed port in Boston, Quartering acts |
| Boston Massacre | snowball fight, soldiers got nervous and accidentally fired guns. 5 people killed- Crispus Attucks |
| Boston Tea Party | patriots lead by sons of liberty dressed as Indians and dumper 300 crates of tea into Boston Harbor. King George III was angry because no one would tell who did it. closed port of Boston as punishment |
| Lexington/Concord | hidden guns, gunpowder at Concord Mass. British heard and went to seize. Paul Revere warned colonists that British were coming. Battles of Lex. and Con. 1st battles of the Rev. war and became known as the "shot heard 'round the world" |
| 1st part of Dec. of Ind. | 27 wrongs done by king to colonists |
| 2nd part of Dec. of Ind. | how nation would be governed once no longer ruled by king |
| 3rd part of Dec. of Ind. | 13 colonies stood united and were officially declaring war against England |
| 3 inalienable rights | life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
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