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A voice in one’s own government
What is representation?
Colonists met in 1774 to decide how to respond to Britain’s actions.
What was the First Continental Congress?
It sent a petition to the king about the colonist’s rights, agreed to stop trade with Britain, and formed militias.
What was the effect of the First Continental Congress?
It was the first plan of government that made laws for the new nation.
What were The Articles of Confederation?
The states were able to stick together during the Revolutionary War.
What was the effect of The Articles of Confederation?
It was the announcement that set aside lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native Americans.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The colonists were angry and ignored it and moved west of the Appalachians anyway.
What was the effect of the Proclamation of 1763?
Britain won the war and they passed new tax laws for the colonies to pay the costs.
What was the effect of the French and Indian War?
Britain’s tax on paper goods
What was the Stamp Act?
Otherwise known as the Intolerable Acts
What were The Coercive Acts?
They were formed to spread information quickly across the colonies.
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
The word for refusing to buy goods or services.
What is boycott?
Some ways the colonists protested British policies.
What was boycotting, weaving their own cloth, chasing away tax collectors, protesting, sending petitions, and forming militias?
Colonists dressed as Native Americans during this famous event.
What was The Boston Tea Party?
The effect of colonists making fun of British soldiers and throwing snowballs at them.
What was The Boston Massacre?
I was the first commander in chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
I was the main author of The Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
I organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and many people thought I planned the Boston Tea Party.
Who was Samuel Adams?
I was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation.
Who was John Dickinson?
I called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain.
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
France and Britain fought over land they claimed in North America.
What was The French and Indian War?
It was the beginning of the American Revolution.
What were the Battles at Lexington and Concord?
It was the first major battle of the American Revolution.
What was The Battle of Bunker Hill?
It proved to the British that the colonists would not be easy to defeat.
What was The Battle of Bunker Hill?
The series of battles fought to win independence from Britain.
What was The American Revolution?
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What did Congress vote to accept on July 4, 1776
What was The Declaration of Independence?