Events Leading to the American Revolution

What as the name of the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?

• Coercive Acts
• Continental Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Suffolk Resolves

Why did King George III tax the colonists so heavily?

• He hated the colonist
• He wanted more money for himself
• The national debt increase from the French and Indian War
• To make money for the colonies

This revolutionary cartoon by Benjamin Franklin was meant to -

• persuade colonists to support the loyalists
• recruit colonists for the Royal Navy
• encourage colonists to unite together and overcome their differences
• convince colonists to maintains state sovereignty

After colonist threw rocks, sticks and snowballs at British forces, this event happened leading to tense relations between the British military and colonists.

• firing on Lexington and Concord
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Battle at Bunker Hill

Boston native famous for leading the Sons of Liberty

• John Adams
• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams

Refusing to buy a product or service

• Cede
• Blockade
• Boycott

The First Continental Congress

• Sent the "Declarations and Resolves" to King George III
• Met in Boston
• Drafted the Declaration of Independence

Authored by Thomas Jefferson, this harshly criticized King George III and proclaimed colonial sovereignty

• The Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence
• Common Sense

The Intolerable Acts

• Closed the Port of Boston
• Harshly punished Philadelphia
• Were a response to the Boston Massacre

Which Act of Parliament forced soldiers into colonists' homes?

• Declaratory Act
• Writs of Assistance
• Quartering Act