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Independence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "I told the Second Continental Congress that the 13 colonies no longer owed loyalty to the British king." | Richard Henry Lee |
| "I headed the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation." | John Dickinson |
| "I was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence." | Thomas Jefferson |
| The Commander of the Continental Army. | George Washington |
| One of the people who planned the Boston Tea Party | Samuel Adams |
| Organized the committees of Correspondence | Samuel Adams |
| Who met after the fighting at Lexington and Concord? | Second Continental Congress |
| How did the continental army differ from militias? | The continental army had full time soldiers |
| What document asked Britain's King George III for peace? | Olive Branch Petition |
| After which battle did the King of England want to crush the American rebellion? | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| Where was the French and Indian War fought | North America |
| What side did the American's fight for in the French and Indian War? | The French |
| What was one of the main causes of the boycott of Brittish goods? | The Stamp act |
| What where benefits of declaring war against the Brittish? | Gave American independent rights |
| What were costs to declaring war? | If they lost they would be committing treason, |
| What year was the Declaration of Independence signed | 1776 |
| What document declared freedom from the Brittish rule? | Declaration of Independence |
| The Sons of Liberty protested an English Tax by protesting at an event called what? | The Boston Tea Party |
| A set of English Acts that were made to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party | Coercive Acts |
| Meeting of government figures from the continents. | First Continental Congressd |
| How many colonies where there at the time of the American Revolution? | 13 |
| Brittish soldiers fire shots at a crowd of colonists in Boston before the war for indepenence begins | Boston Massacre |
| First colonist killed in the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| Here's the bottom line Gabi---Colonist felt they were being mistreated and charged too much for things they wanted to buy in their every day life. England, continued to charge them more and more for their things--Go to the next slide | next slide |
| England also had soldiers in American cities. These soldiers treated colonist poorly,. The Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party set things in motion to lead to the first continental congress to stop trading with Britain and create militias | next slide |
| This made Britain angry, and they sent forces to Lexington and Concord which created the first official battle of American Revolutionary War. The Second Continental Congress then formed and created a Continental Army to fight the British. | next slide |
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