1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Famous Documents People War and Battles Declaration of Independence Events & Acts

2. This Document was used to declare freedom from British rule.

3. What is the Declaration of Independence?

4. This document declared that the King of Britain was a tyrant

5. What is the Declaration of Independence?

6. This document was the first document to guarantee rights to citizens

7. What is the Magana Carta?

8. This established the ideas of self government

9. What was the Mayflower Compact?

10. The D.O.I uses this term for rights that cannot be taken away.

11. What are “Unalienable Rights”?

12. This individual rode through the Colonies warning of the British intrusion.

13. Who was Paul Revere?

14. He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.

15. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

16. Known as people wanted to keep being ruled by the British.

17. Who were the Loyalists?

18. He wrote a pamphlet called “Common Sense”.

19. Who was Thomas Paine

20. Individuals who wanted independence from British rule.

21. Who were the “Patriots?”

22. This event started when dockworkers threw snowballs at Redcoats, who in turn opened fire on the Colonists.

23. What was the Boston Massacre?

24. These were two places British were marching to take control of Colonial weapons and supplies.

25. What were Lexington and Concord?

26. This is the group that was formed to fight against the British.

27. What is the Continental Army?

28. This battle was lost to the British (Known as Redcoats)

29. What is the Battle of Bunker Hill

30. These individuals are expected to be ready for battle at a moment’s notice.

31. What are Minutemen?

32. The Declaration of Independence is designed to protect these.

33. What are Rights?

34. These individuals are responsible for drafting the first copy of the D.O.I.

35. Who were: Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin John Adams Roger Sherman Robert Livingston

36. These are the first rights listed in the D.O.I.

37. What are “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?

38. One of the main ideas in the D.O.I says that the King no longer has….

39. What is control over the Colonies?

40. This is the purpose of government according to the D.O.I.

41. What is to protect “natural rights”

42. The law that required a stamp on all printed goods

43. What was the Stamp Act

44. The law that caused an increase in the price of tea.

45. What was the Tea Act?

46. The Act (law) that made colonists feel crowded in and controlled

47. What was the Proclamation of 1763

48. The law that took away the right for colonists to say who could stay in their houses.

49. What was the Quartering Act?

50. This event caused Colonists to pollute the ocean

51. What was the Boston Tea Party?