In 1765, Parliament passes the , requiring colonists to pay direct taxes on a variety of printed items. Stamp act
2. In 1765, helps found the Sons of Liberty, a secret resistence group.
Samuel Adams
3. In 1766, colonists react with rage and well organizied resistance to the , a package of revenue laws imposing taxes on imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Acts
4. In 1770, tensions arose between Britain and the colonists when the ___ leaves Crispus Attucks and four others dead.
Boston massacre
5. In 1772, the assemblies of Massachusetts and Virginia set up to communicate with other colonies about British threats.
committees of correspondence
6. In 1773, Colonists stage the to send a forceful message to Britain communicating their feelings about the Tea Act.
Boston tea party
7. In 1774,, the royal head of England urges Parliament to take quick action to punish Massachusetts.
George 3rd
8. In 1774, Parliament passes what the colonists call the , a series of measures that, among other things, shut down Boston Harbor and authorized British commanders to house soldiers in private homes.
Intolerable acts
9. In 1774, to keep the peace, General Thomas Gage places Massachusetts under .
Martial laws
10. In 1774, the rally around the colonists of Boston, quickly moving into action and assembling the First Continental Congress.
Committees of correspondence
11. It was written by Thomas Paine
Common sense
12. It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
Declaration of independence
13. It was the document that announced that people have unalienable rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Declaration of independence
14. It was a document that urged King George to consider a return to "the former harmony" between Britain and the colonies.
Olive branch petition
15. It declared American Independence on July 2nd, 1776, and adopted the Declaration of Independence on on July 4th, 1776.
Second Continental Congress
16. It recognized the Minutemen as the Continental Army, appointed George Washington commander, and authorized the printing of paper money to pay its troops.
Second Continental Congress
17. The group of colonists who supported Britain during the Revolution.
loyalist
18. This was the group of colonists who sided with the views of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson.
patriots
19. Its members signed their names to the following vow: "We mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."
Declaration of Independence
20. This is the site of the Continental Army's camp during the winter of 1777-1778.
Valley forge
21. This is what resulted when Congress printed more and more money.
inflation
22. This victory for the colonists dramatically changed Britain's war strategy.
Saratoga
23. British troops occupied this city in the winter of 1777-1778 while Washington and his troops camped in the woods.
Philadelphia
24. After withdrawing from Boston in 1776, British troops tried to isolate New England by seizing what city?
New york
25. This is where on Christmas night in 1776, George Washington led 2,400 men across the Deleware River and caught a unit of German Hessians by surprise.
Trenton
26. This is what corrupt government officials engaged in when they sold scare goods for high prices during the Revolutionary War.
Profiteering
27. On October 17, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis raised the white flag of surrender, bringing an end to the siege of Philadelphia as well as the war.
(1 point)
False
28. The Treaty of Paris confirmed U. S. independence.
(1 point)
true
29. Egalitarianism is a belief that all people are basically good.
(1 point)
False
30. Roughly half the population of the colonies could be considered patriots.
(1 point)
True