SS Vocab New Country

Money paid to the government

• constitution

• taxes

• colony

• patriots

A place that is ruled by another country

• patriots

• declaration of independence

• colony

• islands

People who fought for independence

• patriots

• colony

• kings

• constitution

The document that told Great Britain the colonists would be free

• constitution

• taxes

• Declaration of Independence

• colony

A written plan of government

• constitution

• Stamp Act

• American Revolution

• taxes

Who was George Washington?

• A Navy Solider

• He led the Patriots' to the Revolution

• A Native American

• The 8th president

What was the Stamp Act?

• A written plan of government

• The law that taxed the colonists

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Declaration of Independence

What war was fought to free the 13 colonies from Great Britain?

• The Native American War

• The Vietnam War

• The Boston Tea Party

• The American Revolution

What did people come to the 13 colonies?

• Better Homes

• Better weather

• To meet Native Americans

• Religious freedom, owning businesses and land, and a better life

Why did colonists not like the British?

• Taxes on goods

• British Soldiers in their homes

• No large gatherings

• All of the Above