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This Virginian wrote the Declaration of Independence. This Virginian led the Continental Army in the Revolution. (Two names)

Who are Thomas Jefferson and George Washington?

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This Englishman wrote “Common Sense,” which urged the colonies to become independent.

Who is Thomas Paine?

This Englishman’s Enlightenment ideas about “life, liberty and property,” and the “consent of the governed” greatly influenced ‘Common Sense’ and the Declaration of Independence.

Who is John Locke?

These two men are noted patriots. One said “give me liberty or give me death!” The other helped negotiate a Treaty of Alliance with France that guaranteed its help against Britain.

Who are Patrick Henry and Benjamin Franklin?

This man – considered “the most dangerous man in Massachusetts – formed the Sons of Liberty.

Who is Samuel Adams?

In this, the British said 2 things:

1.The land it won from France in the French and Indian war was reserved for natives.

2. No colonist was supposed to move west of the Appalachians.

What is the Proclamation of 1763?

Put these events in chronological order:

A. Lexington and Concord

B. Proclamation of 1763

C. Boston Tea Party

What is B, C, A? (Proclamation of 1763, Boston Tea Party (1773), Lexington and Concord (1775)?

This was the main purpose of the Tea Act. It upset Bostonians so much that they dressed up like natives and threw a “party.”

What is to give a British company a monopoly on tea?

The Stamp Act was a direct tax on what kinds of goods?

What is all printed (or published) material? (Newspapers, marriage licenses, playing cards)

What really made the colonists mad about such laws as the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Act and the Tea Act?

What is the fact that they were not consulted about the laws and that the laws threatened their liberty.

When John Locke argued that all men had “natural rights,” he meant these three things.

What are “life, liberty and property”?

When Jefferson borrowed some of John Locke’s natural rights, he used this 2-word phrase – slightly different from Locke’s – to describe them.

What is “unalienable rights”?

In Locke’s opinion, if a government is abusing its people, they have the right to do this.

What is “to rebel”?

The Declaration of Independence is based primarily on this four-word phrase – again adapted from Locke.

What is “consent of the governed?”

The Declaration of Independence begins with a statement of basic rights. What is the introductory statement called?

What is a preamble?

In this document, 56 men announced the colonies’ intention to become a new nation.

What is the Declaration of Independence? (BONUS: What is the date associated with this?)

In these skirmishes, minutemen engaged British redcoats who were on their way to capture colonial weapons and colonial rebels.

What is Lexington & Concord? (BONUS: What is the famous phrase associated with these battles?)

This victory is the turning point of the war: Britain realized it was tired of fighting; France realized the colonists might win and decided to help the Americans defeat France’s old enemy.

What is Saratoga?

|(BONUS: In what state does this battle occur?)

Name the last battle of the war and the British general who was forced to surrender.

What is Yorktown and who is Cornwallis?

(Bonus: What fleet cuts off the British escape?)

This document ends the Revolution but will cause problems later because the British fail to remove troops from the United States – as it promised.

What is the Treaty of Paris?

BONUS: Name two of the three main American negotiators.

This man, one of the most famous of the era, is credited with creating the first political cartoon – the “join or die” snake urging colonists to unite. He also published “Poor Richard’s Almanack.”

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

This was the nickname given to the militia members who were ready on short notice to take up their weapons and fight against the British.

Who are the “minutemen”?

Bonus: With which battles do we associate them?

This was the nickname given to colonists who remained faithful to England during the revolution.

What is “Loyalists” or “Tories”?

(Bonus: What were the enthusiastic colonists pushing for independence called?)

This rabble-rousing group was responsible for organizing the effort to throw cases of tea into Boston Harbor.

What is the Sons of Liberty?

This group of elected officials was responsible for approving the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. It also “ran” the Revolution.

What is the Second Continental Congress?

(Bonus: Name its president, who was famous also for signing his name in a BIG way.)