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4. The first African American to die in America’s fight for independence

5. Crispus Attucks

6. What three natural rights does the Declaration of Independence state that people have?

7. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

8. England’s lawmaking body

9. Who is Parliament

10. This group protested the Tea Act by dressing as Mohawk Indians and dumping tea into the Boston Harbor

11. The Son’s of Liberty

12. Writer of the Declaration of Independence

13. Thomas Jefferson

14. Law requiring all paper products to bear a stamp

15. Stamp Act

16. Name 3 Strengths & 3 Weakness of the Continental Army

17. S – knew the land, George Washington, France & Spain’s help

18. The colonists did this when they refused to pay the taxes of the British

19. boycott

20. Daily Double!!

21. At this event in September 1774, 55 men gathered in Philadelphia. Among their actions was a petition proclaiming the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and to fight against the Intolerable Acts.

22. The First Continental Congress

23. What was the main purpose behind Great Britain passing the acts?

24. Raise money to repay Britain’s war debt after the French & Indian War

25. What are unalienable rights?

26. Rights that cannot be taken away

27. Location of first major battle in the Revolutionary War

28. Bunker Hill

29. French and Indian War was fought at this location

30. Ohio River Valley

31. What were the 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses of the redcoats.

32. S – supplies, big & trained army & navy, experienced W – didn’t know the land, leadership was poor, distance

33. According to the Declaration of Independence, why do people establish government?

34. To protect their rights

35. This is a colonial solider that had to be ready at a minute’s notice

36. minuteman

37. Another word for freedom

38. liberty

39. What word means unbearable?

40. intolerable

41. A person who supported the American cause for independence from England

42. patriot

43. The killing of a group of people who are unable to defend themselves

44. massacre

45. What were the two main causes of the French & Indian War?

46. 1)Colonists running out of land 2)Both claim the Ohio River Valley

47. Colonist stated this when the King imposed the Stamp Act and they were not represented in Parliament.

48. “No taxation without representation”

49. Daily Double!!!

50. The colonist who started the Committee of Correspondence, the Sons of Liberty and wrote about the Boston Massacre

51. Samuel Adams

52. The colonist who rode to Concorde to alert the minutemen that the British were coming.

53. Paul Revere

54. At the age of 21 led the troops into battle in the French & Indian War and an important General in the Revolutionary War.

55. George Washington

56. Why were the Intolerable Acts passed after the Boston Massacre?

57. to punish Massachusetts and to show the other colonies what would happen if they did this

58. What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?

59. Battle of Yorktown

60. What was the Treaty of Paris?

61. When Britain recognized the United States as a free and independent nation

62. What is Valley Forge, Pennsylvania most famous for?

63. The terrible winter, the lack of supplies and the disease and death of soldiers

64. As commander of the Continental Army what were some of George Washington’s challenges?

65. Avoid defeat until his army was large enough and better trained to fight the British.

66. Who helped the United States gain its independence and why?

67. France & Spain because they wanted revenge from the 7 year war