| Questions | Answers |
| Boston Tea Party 1773 | After dumping over 340 tea chests into the Boston Harbor, the colonists headed home to remove their disguises. Known as the Boston Tea Party. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Jefferson was apart of the committee members. |
| Triangular trade | A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britian, and Africa. |
| Boston Massacre 1770 | Colonist called the shooting the Boston Massacre. |
| Townshend Acts 1767 | June 1767: These acts placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. |
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| Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 | Proved the colonists could take on the British. |
| Stamp Act of 1765 | Great Britian repealed the stamp, sugar, and tea act after the colonists got angry. |
| Boycott | He belived that Parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission. |
| Second Continental Congress 1775 | May 1775: Delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. |
| Battle of Lexington-Concord 1775 | A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. |
| First Continental Congress 1774 | A gathering in the fall of 1774 of delegates from throughout the colonies. |
| The French & Indian War | King Philip' war: in 1675 the conflict began. Opposed the colonists' efforts to take his people's land. The war ended in 1676. Many were killed |
| Loyalists | Sometimes called Tories- were those who remained loyal to Great Britian. |
| Intolerable Acts 1774 | |
| Common Sense | A 47- page pamphlet published in January 1776 that arged seperation from Great Britian. |
| Patriots | Colonists known as Patriots chose to fight for independence. |
| Left out of DOI (names) | John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. |
| Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776 | Formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britian. |
| Proclamation Act (line) of 1763 | This was an act that upset many colonists. They hated it and it was horriable. |
| The Great Awakening | In spring of 1774 it passed the Coercive Acts. But colonists called it the Intolerable Acts. |
| Samuel Adams | This act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items. |
| Minutemen | Members of the civilian volunteer militia. |
| Sons of Liberty | The Sons of Liberty were people who protested against the King and asked for freedom and more rights. |
