History Alive Chapter 11 Assessment

Front

Colonists who argued in favor of INDEPENDENCE FROM Britain

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Patriots

Front

Freedom from control of another country is called ____.

Back

independence

Front

Colonists who were UNDECIDED about independence from Britain were called ____.

Back

neutralists

Front

Colonists who argued that the colonies should NOT separate from Britain are known as ____.

Back

Loyalists

Front

This person was a successful inventor from Pennsylvania who represented the colonies in Britain and tried to convince the British government to treat the colonies more fairly.

Back

Benjamin Franklin

Front

This Massachusetts writer cleverly attacked the Loyalists through poems and plays and also encouraged many colonists to become Patriots.

Back

Mercy Otis Warren

Front

This Massachusetts governor strictly enforced the Stamp Act.

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Thomas Hutchinson

Front

This Massachusetts politician helped form the Sons of Liberty and gave speeches urging colonists to declare independence from Britain

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Samuel Adams

Front

This well-known religious leader in Maryland used his sermons to argue that the colonies should remain loyal to Britain.

Back

Jonathan Boucher

Front

This Virginian governor attacked the homes and plantations of Patriots and promised to free any slaves who would fight against the Patriots.

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Lord Dunmore