American Independence

Mercy Otis Warren

• Said to remember the ladies- wanted equality for women

• defended British Troops involved in the Boston Massacre

• Wrote pamphlets and propaganda supporting American Independence

• Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense

Answer explanation

She was a strong supporter of the Patriot Cause and many of her poems were about independence and slavery (she was against slavery).

King George III

• He defended the British troops after the Boston Massacre

• He was the Frenchman who help the American patriots

• He was know for saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• He was the monarch (ruling family) of England during the American Revolution Era

Answer explanation

While he was king he passed the Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, The Declaratory Act, the Townshend Acts, The Tea Act, and the Intolerable Act which led American colonist to rebel.

The Stamp Act taxed everything printed on paper and were met with protest. Is the Stamp Act a cause of the American Revolution or and Event during the American Revolution?

• Cause that led to the American Revolution

• Event that happen during the Battle of the American Revolution

The Boston Massacre was a clash between Boston colonist and British Soldiers. 5 Colonist were killed including the first casualty of the Civil War African American Crispus Attucks. Was the Boston Massacre a cause of the American Revolution or and Event during the American Revolution?

• Cause that led to the American Revolution

• Event that happen during the Battle of the American Revolution

Answer explanation

Crispus Attucks is consider the first casualty or death of the American Revolution.

The Tea Act stated that the British East India Company was the only company that could sell tea in the colonies, leading to protest and the Sons of Liberty planning the Boston Tea Party. What would you call the protest and boycott?

• Civil Disobediance

• Civil War

• Civility

• Civilness

Townshend Act imposed taxes on glass, paint, and tea. It also let soldier search colonial homes. Is the Townshend Act a cause of the American Revolution or and Event during the American Revolution?

• Cause that led to the American Revolution

• Event that happen during the Battle of the American Revolution

During the Boston Tea Party the Sons of Liberty protest the Tea Act by dressing as Native Americans and throwing crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. Was the Boston Tea Party a cause of the American Revolution or and Event during the American Revolution?

• Cause that led to the American Revolution

• Event that happen during the Battle of the American Revolution

After the Boston Tea Party, King George III and Parliament passed the Coercive or Intolerable Acts and shut down Boston Harbor to punish the colonist for destroying the tea. Why did Britain close the Boston Harbor?

• It would hurt them socially, they could not trade with France

• It would hurt them Politically, so they could not sail the water

• It would hurt them economically, they could not longer participate in commerce

• It would hurt them Geographically, since they could not visit the rest of the colonies

The First Battle of the American Revolution is-

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Lexington and Concord

• Yorktown

Answer explanation

Lexington and Concord is the first battle of the American Revolution also known as the first shots of the Revolution and the "Shot heard 'round the World"

Grievances are-

• Protest

• Boycott

• Complaints

• Representation