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2. What British act was the first negative law enacted against the colonists after the French & Indian War?

3. Proclamation of 1763
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4. What act was created to force colonists to house 10,000 British soldiers?

5. The Quartering Act
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6. Which act was passed as a response to the Boston Tea Party, which banned Committees of Correspondence & shut down Boston Harbor?

7. The Intolerable Acts
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8. Which direct tax was implemented on wills, diplomas, and contracts?

9. The Stamp Act
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10. What English act was a tax on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea, which was enforced because colonists refused to house British soldiers?

11. The Townshend Acts
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12. Which African-American was killed in the Boston Massacre?

13. Crispus Attucks
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14. What famous Virginian gave a speech at the House of Burgesses that said, “Give me liberty or give me death!”?

15. Patrick Henry
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16. Who was the monarch of England from 1760 to 1820?

17. King George III
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18. Who was leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty?

19. Samuel Adams
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20. Who was directly responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence?

21. Thomas Jefferson
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22. What event in Boston Harbor was responsible for the loss of over one million dollars in tea?

23. The Boston Tea Party
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24. What event caused the death of 5 dockworkers outside the Boston Custom House?

25. The Boston Massacre
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26. Who represented the British soldiers who fired on the dockworkers in the Boston Massacre?

27. John Adams
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28. What group was started in Boston by Samuel Adams as a reaction to the Tea Act?

29. Committees of Correspondence
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30. What response was often given to customs officials in Boston by the Sons of Liberty?

31. tar & feather
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32. What was the name of the 1st meeting in Philadelphia, which planted the seeds of future independence?

33. First Continental Congress
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34. Who was responsible for alerting the Minutemen if the British were leaving Boston?

35. Paul Revere
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36. What famous phrase references the lit lanterns in the Old North Church?

37. “One if by land, two if by sea.”
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38. What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

39. Lexington
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40. What was the name of the battle often referred to as the “shot heard ‘round the world”?

41. Battle of Lexington
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42. Who was responsible for creating a Continental Army?

43. George Washington
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44. Who led the Green Mountain Boys to victory at Fort Ticonderoga in upper New York?

45. Ethan Allen
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46. What was brought and adopted by congress on July 4, 1776?

47. The Declaration of Independence
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48. Which Continental Army officer lost a battle against the British in Quebec?

49. Benedict Arnold
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50. Who helped to spread the idea of American Independence by publishing “Common Sense” throughout the colonies?

51. Thomas Paine
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52. What document was sent to King
George III asking him to restore harmony amongst the colonies & England ?

53. Olive Branch Petition
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