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Founder of the Sons of Liberty from Massachusetts.

Founder of the Sons of Liberty from Massachusetts. Sam Adams. When British soldiers killed 5 colonists outside the Custom House in Boston in 1770. Sons of Liberty exaggerated the event into a massacre trying to earn support. Boston Massacre.

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Founder of the Sons of Liberty from Massachusetts.

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  1. Founder of the Sons of Liberty from Massachusetts. Sam Adams

  2. When British soldiers killed 5 colonists outside the Custom House in Boston in 1770. Sons of Liberty exaggerated the event into a massacre trying to earn support. Boston Massacre

  3. A reaction to the Tea Act of 1773. Sons of Liberty dumped British East India Company Tea into Boston Harbor. It led to the Intolerable Acts. Boston Tea Party

  4. Refusal to buy certain products. This was the most successful form of colonial protest. boycott

  5. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776. Persuasive essay attracted many people to the patriot cause. Common Sense

  6. The government of the colonies during the Revolutionary War. Continental Congress

  7. This document, mainly written by Thomas Jefferson, proclaimed colonial independence from Great Britain in 1776. Declaration of Independence

  8. Meeting of colonists in Philadelphia in 1774. Said that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonies. Urged the colonies to boycott goods. First Continental Congress

  9. Famous printer and scientist. Published Poor Richard’s Almanac. Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Benjamin Franklin

  10. War between France and Britain in the colonies from 1754-1763. Started in the Ohio River Valley. End result was that Britain got the French territory in North America including Canada. French and Indian War

  11. When a nation is free from the control of another nation. independence

  12. British reaction to the Boston Tea Party. Closed the Port of Boston, established a new Quartering Act and limited town meetings in Massachusetts to one a year. Intolerable Acts

  13. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence. President whose major accomplishment was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Thomas Jefferson

  14. Local volunteer soldiers in the colonies, fighting for American independence. militia

  15. Peace offering to the King after Bunker Hill by the Second Continental Congress. King George never actually read it. Olive Branch Petition

  16. Lawmaking body of Great Britain. Parliament

  17. Act that said colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Settlers ignored this act. Proclamation of 1763

  18. Providing housing for soldiers. quartering soldiers

  19. American patriotic society formed to protest British taxes. Many of its members lived in and around Boston. Sons of Liberty

  20. 1765 British tax on paper documents such as wills, diplomas and playing cards. Stamp Act

  21. 1765 meeting in New York City. Representatives from 9 colonies gathered to protest against the Stamp Act and said only colonial legislatures could tax the colonies. Stamp Act Congress

  22. Tax on tea in 1773. It actually lowered the price of tea. Americans complained of “No taxation without representation.” Tea Act of 1773

  23. Treaty at the end of the French and Indian War. Britain gained most of the French territory in North America. Treaty of Paris of 1773

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