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  • Who used propaganda to convince the colonists that the British fired at innocent colonists in the Boston Massacre?
    Paul Revere
  • What placed a tax on all paper goods?
    Stamp Act
  • What did the Sons of Liberty and other colonists dress up as before throwing British tea in the ocean?
    Native Americans
  • What did the British call the Intolerable Acts?
    Coercive Acts
  • What forced colonists to provide shelter and food to the British troops?
    Quartering Act
  • Who drew the political cartoon, "Join or Die"?
    Ben Franklin
  • Who was a leader of the Boston Tea Party?
    Samuel Adams
  • What was the first "scuffle" between the colonists and British troops?
    Boston Massacre
  • What ended the French and Indian War?
    Treaty of Paris, 1763
  • What placed taxes on sugar and luxury items?
    Sugar Act
  • The Declaration of Independence used ideas from Enlightenment philosophers such as
    John Locke
  • What "prevented" the colonists from going west over the Appalachian Mountians?
    Proclamation of 1763
  • British who were on their way to destroy colonial weapons were met by colonists at
    Lexington and Concord
  • Who wrote "Common Sense" to persuade the colonists to separate from England?
    Thomas Paine
  • What secret, political group was formed in the colonies to take action against the new British laws?
    Sons of Liberty
  • After the British placed many new laws and taxes on the colonists that they didn't feel were fair, their motto became...
    "No taxation without representation"
  • What was created to form a communication network among the colonies?
    Committees of Correspondence
  • What group met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to make decisions on fighting, and also name George Washington as head of the colonial army?
    2nd Continental Congress
  • The Declaration of Independence was mainly written by
    Thomas Jefferson
  • What war caused the British to fall into debt and raise taxes in the 13 Colonies?
    French and Indian War
  • What placed a tax on goods (such as paper, paint, lead, glass, tea) imported to the 13 Colonies?
    Townshend Acts
  • This Act blockaded and shut down the port of Boston and expanded the Quartering Act.
    Intolerable Acts
  • Twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss the Intolerable Acts and other grievances.
    First Continental Congress
  • What Act was a result of the Boston Tea Party?
    Intolerable Acts
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