"They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us."

Patrick Henry

March 23, 1775

The likely audience of Patrick Henry's speech is

Which of these was a contributing factor to the conflict between England and the American Colonists?

The MAIN reason why Britain's American colonies were most angered by the taxes imposed on them by Britain was because

Colonial radicals formed these groups in towns through the colonies to keep the public informed about abuse of colonial

rights by the British government. They were

Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by

The message of this political cartoon is to

· commander of a Virginia regiment in French and Indian War

· tobacco plantation owner

· commander of The Continental Army

· member of the Continental Congress

All of these descriptions of what colonial leader?

When this was published in early 1776, many American colonists became convinced that they should act to form a new kind of nation independent from the rule of Britain’s "cruel" courts.

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the Committees of Correspondence were MOST important because they

Why were Colonists angered by the new taxes placed on the colonies following the French and Indian War?

Thomas Jefferson was important in the Revolutionary era because

· Believed Parliament had no power in the American Colonies

· Virginia Representative at Second Continental Congress

· Chosen to write the Declaration of Independence

· Served in Virginia House of Delegates

All of these describe the American Revolutionary era actions of

"That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."

Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 12, 1776

The Virginia Declaration of Rights was MOST influential in the creation of

What was the Second Continental Congress seeking when the "Olive Branch Petition" was sent to King George III in 1775?

Captain Thomas Preston’s Account of the Boston Massacre

On this a general attack was made on the men [the British soldiers] by a great number of heavy clubs and snowballs being thrown at them, by which all our lives were in imminent danger, some persons at the same time from behind calling out, damn your bloods-why don't you fire. Instantly three or four of the soldiers fired, one after another, and directly after three more in the same confusion and hurry. The mob then ran away . . . On my asking the soldiers why they fired without orders, they said they heard the word fire and supposed it came from me. This might be the case as many of the mob called out fire, fire, but I assured the men that I gave no such order; that my words were, don't fire, stop your firing.

Captain Thomas Preston, 1770

Each of these statements is supported by Preston’s account of the Boston Massacre EXCEPT

Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre

THE HORRID MASSACRE IN BOSTON, PERPETRATED IN THE EVENING OF THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1770, BY SOLDIERS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT . . . In passing to this station the [British] soldiers pushed several persons with their bayonets, driving through the people in so rough a manner that it appeared they intended to create a disturbance. This occasioned some snowballs to be thrown at them which seems to have been the only provocation that was given. . . . Captain Preston is said to have ordered them to fire, and to have repeated that order. One gun was fired first; then others in succession and with deliberation, till ten or a dozen guns were fired; or till that number of discharges were made from the guns that were fired. By which means eleven persons were killed and wounded.

Anonymous, 1770

Each of these statements is supported by this anonymous account of the Boston Massacre EXCEPT

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, American colonists believed that they were not represented in Great

Britain's Parliament, and therefore the laws enacted by Parliament regarding the Colonies were invalid. What term, coined by

George Grenville, describes the authority upon which the British Parliament claimed to be acting?

"For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us...."

-from The Declaration of Independence

This line of The Declaration of Independence refers to the Quartering Act of 1774, which was enacted by Parliament in response to

Which of these played an important role in causing the American Revolution?

Which of these groups was organized to fight back against the British government in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

Which political development greatly increased tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain in the years just before the American Revolution?

Great Britain is a better established nation.

Great Britain has a strong army and navy.

Great Britain can prevent chaos and mob rule.

All of these are arguments that supported the position of which of these people?

After the French and Indian War, the King declared the New York - New Hampshire border to be the Connecticut River.

When New York ignored land titles given through the New Hampshire Grants before this border was defined, colonists

were unhappy and fought for independence. A militia was formed to help fight for independence and this area, now

Vermont, gained independence in 1777.

What was the name of this militia that fought for the independence of the area now known as Vermont?

These American women were famous for boycotting British goods by making homespun cloth and for finding substitutes for tea and sugar (all heavily taxed by the British.) Who were these women?

Which is the BEST explanation for why men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin are known as the "Founding Fathers"?

"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value."

- Thomas Paine, The Crisis, December 23, 1776

In this section of The Crisis, Paine is suggesting that

What British act prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?