____________ required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac. It also imposed special ‘stamp duties’ on packages of playing cards and dice.

One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty was Harvard-educated ___________. Although unsuccessful in business and deeply in debt, Adams proved himself to be a powerful and influential political activist.

His proposed revenue laws, passed by Parliament in 1767, became known as the _______________. Unlike the ____________, which was a direct tax, these were indirect taxes.

Initally, Samuel Adams and other colonial agitators labeled this confrontation the ____________, presenting it as a British attack on defenseless citizens.

Committees of correspondence

The assemblies of Massachusetts and Virginia set up ________________ to communicate with other colonies about this and other threats to American liberties.

In this Incident, later known as the ______________ the ‘Indians’ dumped 18,000 pounds of East India Company tea into the waters of Boston Harbor.

_____________was infuriated by this organized destruction of British property. He pressed Parliament to act.

In 1774 Parliament passed a series of laws, the Coercive Acts, to punish the rebellious colonists. In the colonies, these laws were called the _________________.

To keep the peace, he placed Boston under ____________, or rule imposed by military forces.

______________, or civilian soldiers, began to quietly stockpile firearms and gunpowder.

Second Continental Congress

The loyalties that divided colonists sparked endless debates at the _____________________.

In ________, a 50-page pamphlet, the colonist Thomas Paine attacked King George III.

Virginia lawyer ___________, known for his broad knowledge and skillfully crafted prose, was chosen to express the committee’s points.

Declaration of Independence

Jefferson’s masterful _________________ drew on the concepts of the English philosopher John Locke.

A rush of pride and anxiety ran through the ________-----the supporters of independence------- when they heard the closing vow: "We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, out Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor"

The exact number of ______-----those who opposed independence and remained loyal to the Crown—is unknown.

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Term	Definition
Stamp Act	____________ required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac. It also imposed special ‘stamp duties’ on packages of playing cards and dice.
Samuel Adams	One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty was Harvard-educated ___________. Although unsuccessful in business and deeply in debt, Adams proved himself to be a powerful and influential political activist.
Townshend Acts	His proposed revenue laws, passed by Parliament in 1767, became known as the _______________. Unlike the ____________, which was a direct tax, these were indirect taxes.
Boston Massacre	Initally, Samuel Adams and other colonial agitators labeled this confrontation the ____________, presenting it as a British attack on defenseless citizens.
Committees of correspondence	The assemblies of Massachusetts and Virginia set up ________________ to communicate with other colonies about this and other threats to American liberties.
Boston Tea Party	In this Incident, later known as the ______________ the ‘Indians’ dumped 18,000 pounds of East India Company tea into the waters of Boston Harbor.
King George III	_____________was infuriated by this organized destruction of British property. He pressed Parliament to act.
Intolerable Acts	In 1774 Parliament passed a series of laws, the Coercive Acts, to punish the rebellious colonists. In the colonies, these laws were called the _________________.
Martial law	To keep the peace, he placed Boston under ____________, or rule imposed by military forces.
Minutemen	______________, or civilian soldiers, began to quietly stockpile firearms and gunpowder.
Second Continental Congress	The loyalties that divided colonists sparked endless debates at the _____________________.
Common Sense	In ________, a 50-page pamphlet, the colonist Thomas Paine attacked King George III.
Thomas Jefferson	Virginia lawyer ___________, known for his broad knowledge and skillfully crafted prose, was chosen to express the committee’s points.
Declaration of Independence	Jefferson’s masterful _________________ drew on the concepts of the English philosopher John Locke.
Patriots	A rush of pride and anxiety ran through the ________-----the supporters of independence------- when they heard the closing vow: "We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, out Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor"
Loyalists	The exact number of ______-----those who opposed independence and remained loyal to the Crown—is unknown.

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