Social Studies Chapter 5 Spirit of Independence
Lexington and Concord
"The shot heard 'round the world" refers to the actions of the minutemen at this battle
Loyalists
Colonists that did not consider unfair taxes a good reason for rebellion
Patriots
Colonists who wanted to fight the British for American independence
John Adams
George Washington was chosen the commander of the Continental Army upon the recommendation of _______
Ethan Allen
He led the Green Mountain Boys
Patrick Henry
He persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act
Thomas Paine
He wrote Common Sense
William Prescott
Patriot leader
Benjamin Franklin
Ran the first post office established by the Second Continental Congress
Appalachian Mountains
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonist from moving west of this
source of funds
The king and Parliament viewed the American colonists as a ______________
Thomas Jefferson
The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Sugar Act
TheBritish government tried to stop smuggling with this act
Declaratory Act
This act gave the British Parliament the right to tax and make decisions for the colonists "in all cases"
Stamp Act
This act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies
George II
Who refused to receive the Olive Branch Petition
East India Company
benefited from the Tea Act
Captain John Parker
leader of the minutemen
writs of assistance
legal document permitting searches
Samuel Adams
made propaganda posters
Samuel Adams
organized the Sons of Liberty
Patrick Henry
persuaded the burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act
introduction
preamble
Intolerable Acts
prevented supplies from being shipped to Boston
Richard Henry Lee
proposed that the colonists be free
Paul Revere
shouted "the regulars are out"
Stamp Act
taxed printed material
committees of correspondence
united protesters opposed to British rule
Crispus Attucks
victim of the Boston Massacre
Ralph Waldo Emerson
writer of "The Concord Hymn"
