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Chapter 4:1-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| He wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| He was a wealthy smuggler in Boston | John Hancock |
| He was a leader of the Sons of Liberty and participated in the Boston Tea Party | Sam Adams |
| He warned the minutemen that the redcoats were on their way to take the colonists' weapons | Paul Revere |
| He was the King of England | George III |
| He was the commander of the Continental Army | George Washington |
| They wrote letters to inform themselves about politics | Committees of Correspondence |
| They encouraged riots and other acts of violence against the British | Sons of Liberty |
| He was killed at the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| This law was the first attempt by the British to actually collect taxes from the Colonies | Sugar Act |
| This tax was on all printed materials | Stamp Tax |
| This tax led to to the Boston Tea Party | Tea Tax |
| This law punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party | Intollerable Acts |
| This law created a non-representative government in a nearby British Colony | Quebec Act |
| This is a form of protest that involves not buying certain products | Non-importation agreement |
| This is where the First and Second Continental Congresses met | Philadelphia |
| The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in this small town | Lexington |
| The Americans were storing weapons in this small town | Concord |
| They were responsible for killing 5 colonists in the Boston Massacre | Redcoats |
| He wrote Common Sense | Thomas Paine |
| What idea was promoted in Common Sense? | Independence |
| Who was the primary influence on the Declaration of Independence? | John Locke |
| According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the source of government's power? | The consent of the governed |
| According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the purpose of government? | Protect our God given rights |