1. Founder of the Sons of Liberty from Massachusetts.
Sam Adams

2. When British soldiers killed 5 colonists outside the Custom House in Boston in Sons of Liberty exaggerated the event into a massacre trying to earn support.
Boston Massacre

3. A reaction to the Tea Act of 1773
A reaction to the Tea Act of Sons of Liberty dumped British East India Company Tea into Boston Harbor. It led to the Intolerable Acts.
Boston Tea Party

4. Refusal to buy certain products
Refusal to buy certain products. This was the most successful form of colonial protest.
boycott

5. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in Persuasive essay attracted many people to the patriot cause.
Common Sense

6. The government of the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
Continental Congress

7. Declaration of Independence
This document, mainly written by Thomas Jefferson, proclaimed colonial independence from Great Britain in 1776.
Declaration of Independence

8. First Continental Congress
Meeting of colonists in Philadelphia in Said that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonies. Urged the colonies to boycott goods.
First Continental Congress

9. Famous printer and scientist. Published Poor Richard’s Almanac
Famous printer and scientist. Published Poor Richard’s Almanac. Delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Benjamin Franklin

10. War between France and Britain in the colonies from 1754-1763
War between France and Britain in the colonies from Started in the Ohio River Valley. End result was that Britain got the French territory in North America including Canada.
French and Indian War

11. When a nation is free from the control of another nation.
independence

12. British reaction to the Boston Tea Party
British reaction to the Boston Tea Party. Closed the Port of Boston, established a new Quartering Act and limited town meetings in Massachusetts to one a year.
Intolerable Acts

13. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence. President whose major accomplishment was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Thomas Jefferson

14. Local volunteer soldiers in the colonies, fighting for American independence.
militia

15. Peace offering to the King after Bunker Hill by the Second Continental Congress. King George never actually read it.
Olive Branch Petition

16. Lawmaking body of Great Britain.
Parliament

17. Act that said colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Settlers ignored this act.
Proclamation of 1763

18. Providing housing for soldiers.
quartering soldiers

19. American patriotic society formed to protest British taxes
American patriotic society formed to protest British taxes. Many of its members lived in and around Boston.
Sons of Liberty

20. 1765 British tax on paper documents such as wills, diplomas and playing cards.
Stamp Act

21. 1765 meeting in New York City
1765 meeting in New York City. Representatives from 9 colonies gathered to protest against the Stamp Act and said only colonial legislatures could tax the colonies.
Stamp Act Congress

22. Tax on tea in 1773. It actually lowered the price of tea
Tax on tea in It actually lowered the price of tea. Americans complained of “No taxation without representation.”
Tea Act of 1773

23. Treaty at the end of the French and Indian War
Treaty at the end of the French and Indian War. Britain gained most of the French territory in North America.
Treaty of Paris of 1773