A civilian during Revolution era, sworn to be ready to fight with only a minute's notice.

American colonist who favored American independence

to refuse to buy items in order to protest certain actions or to fight

court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods

an American colonists who remains loyal to Britain and opposes Independence.

an organization that spreads political ideas and information through Britain's American Colonies.

a mocking figure representing and unpopular individual

a formal request for government action

to cancel and act or law

an official expression of opinion by a group

the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written.

incoming money from taxes or other sources

open diffidence of authority

Which act stated that Parliament did have the right to tax the colonists.

Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among colonists?

Who said the "blows must decide" who would rule America?

Who was the first commander of the Continental Army?

Who led the failed attack on Quebec?

What was the dramatic act of defiance that some colonists celebrated?

Which act taxed colonists without their consent?

What did writs of assistance allow British customs officers to search?

Which group did the Colonists organize to fight Great Britain?

Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?

What did the olive branch petition ask the King to do?

Goods being imported into the colonies were taxed by which act?

Which of the following allowed the colonists to pay lower taxes on molasses?

Who, Along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming?

After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans was not going to be easy?

Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial Merchants?

Who had orders to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts Militia?

Who led the Green Mountain Boys who captured the British-held Fort Ticonderoga?

Washington and his troops drove the British from New York in March 1776?

The Second Continental Congress established a Post office with Benjamin Franklin in charge.

Twenty Colonists were killed at the Boston Massacre.

Parliament successfully isolated the Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing the coercive acts.

The committee of correspondence was a system of letter writing between the colonial governors and the King.

The Declaration explains why the colonists chose to form a new nation.

The King hired German troops to fight in America.

At the time of the Boston Tea Party, most colonists still considered themselves British citizens.

The King of Great Britain accepted the Olive Branch Petition offered by congress

Boycotts following the Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts.

Which of the following encouraged the Boston Massacre

Which of the following are facts about the first continental congress

Select any of the following facts that are true about the Second Continental Congress.

Great Britain developed a huge debt from

A result of the Sugar act, officers could seize goods from accused smugglers without

What act angered colonists because they believed they should only be taxed by their own assemblies.

The Sons of Liberty organized protests and often burned _____________ of tax collectors

Which of the following was NOT one of the ways women protested the Townshend Acts was by

When Britain learned that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion in 1768 what was Parliament's response?

Which group did the colonies organize to fight against Great Britain?