US History-Ch5 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
______________ helped Britain control westward expansion.	Proclamation of 1763
The Stamp Act outraged colonists because they believed...	only their own assemblies had the right to tax them.
One of the ___________ forced the colonies to allow British soldiers to live among the colonists.	Coercive Acts
Some colonists were Loyalists who sided with Britain; the other colonists were _________ who supported the right to independence.	Patriots
The Second Continental Congress chose __________ to command the Continental Army.	George Washington
victim of the Boston Massacre	Crispus Attucks
wrote a pamphlet calling for a break with British rule	Thomas Paine
taxes all imported goods in the colonies	Townshend Acts
leader of the Green Mountain Boys	Ethan Allen
funded the Sons of Liberty	John Hancock
What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?	they resorted to smuggling
Why were colonists angry after the Tea Act?	They wanted to make their own decisions about what tea to buy
What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?	Continental Congress
How did Parliament react to the news of the Boston Tea Party?	Parliament passed the Coercive Acts
What was Thomas Paine's opinion about the colonies and Great Britain?	The colonies should break from British rule
Where did many colonists believe fighting with the British would first break out?	New England
Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?	John Locke
What were some of the things that encouraged the Boston Massacre?	Parliament sent more troops to Boston-colonists felt this violated their rights; growing tension between the Red Coats and the colonists, growing tension high taxes, bullying between Patriots and Red Coats
Why were some militias known as minutemen?	they were ready to fight in a minute's notice
Define the term propaganda	information or ideas intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
Describe two different ways colonists used propaganda against Britain	The Boston Tea Party; The Boston Massacre; Common Sense
The Sugar Act angered the colonists because...	they believed it violated their rights as English citizens
What group did Samuel Adams help to start in order to protest the Stamp Act?	the Sons of Liberty
The Townsend Acts were different from the Stamp Act because...	Townshend taxes were paid only on goods imported into the colonies
Information designed to influence people's opinions is called...	propaganda
Delegates from all of the colonies except Georgia gathered at the Continental Congress in...	Philadelphia
The Continental Congress endorsed a plan that called for the colonies to...	arm themselves against the British
The delegates sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III to...	make one last attempt at avoiding war
George Washington and the new Continental Army first drove the British out of...	Boston
The United States declared Independence on...	July 4, 1776
Named leader of the Continental Army	George Washington
Taxes almost all PRINTED material	Stamp Act
Controlled TRADE of tea in the colonies	British East India TRADE Company
American traitor who sold information to the British	Benedict Arnold
Declared he was no longer a Virginian, but an American	Patrick Henry
Wrote a pamphlet calling for a break with British rule	Thomas Paine
First shot of the Revolutionary War	Shot Heard Around the World

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