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American Revolution
Pre-Revolutionary War: Causes/People/Events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Samuel Adams | organized and began the Sons of Liberty |
| Paul Revere | warned the Patriots that the British soldiers were on their way to Concord; was a silversmith |
| Thomas Jefferson | young lawyer from Virginia; main writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| John Hancock | wanted the king to notice his signature on the Declaration of Independence; was president of the 2nd Continental Congress |
| Patrick Henry | said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" |
| Parliament | the law-making body of England |
| Patriots | dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston harbor |
| King George III | English ruler who taxed the colonists |
| Loyalists | supported the king's ideas and were loyal to England |
| Crispus Attucks | first black American to die for America's freedom |
| Proclamation Line established (end of French and Indian War) | 1763 |
| Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts | 1764-1767 |
| Boston Massacre | 1770 |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 |
| Intolerable Acts | 1774 |
| Revolutionary War begins at Lexington and Concord | 1775 |
| Signing of the Declaration of Independence | 1776 |
| tax which affected the colonists' ability to make rum at a reasonable cost for export | Sugar Act |
| required colonists to pay a tax on legal documents, any printed materials, and even playing cards | Stamp Act |
| Townshend Act put a tax on these items | tea, lead, paper, glass, and paint |
| Intolerable Acts | included 5 different acts that angered the colonists; Two of the main acts were closing the port in Boston and the Quartering Act. |
| Boston Massacre | 1770; snowball fight & argument between colonists and British soldiers; 5 Americans were killed, including Crispus Attucks, the first black American to die for America's freedom |
| Boston Tea Party | Patriots led by Samuel Adams dressed as Indians; dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea; King George very upset and closed the port of Boston as punishment. |
| Battle of Lexington & Concord | Patriots had hidden guns and gunpowder at Concord; British heard about it & went to seize it; Paul Revere & William Dawes warned the colonists that British soldiers were on the way; became known as the "Shot Heard 'round the World" |
| 1st part of Declaration of Independence stated... | the 27 wrongs done by the king to the colonies |
| 2nd part of Declaration of Independence stated... | how the new nation would be governed |
| 3rd part of Declaration of Independence stated... | that the colonies stood united and were officially declaring war against England |
| 3 inalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence | the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness |
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