Worksheets1B Road to Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
Secret organization
Kept colonies in communication
Helped colonists protest
Women of Boston:
spin their on cloth
made their own clothes
Boycott British products
-war between France and Britain
- Caused by a dispute over the Ohio river valley
-worst named war in history
Revolutionary War
- Written by Thomas Paine
- persuaded colonist support independence from Britain
-used easy to understand language
1st Direct tax
tax on paper
sons of liberty
Secret protest group
Responsible for the Boston Tea Party
Led by Samuel Adams
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris 1763
A small pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
persuaded many colonists
to support independence from Britain?
Boundary line
forbid the colonists from settling in the west
Line followed Appalachian mountains
Boundary line that prevented settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains Created after Britain gained land from the French and Indian War
Angered colonists
- Ended the French and Indian War
- Britain was given all the land East of the Mississippi River
French and Indian War
Common Sense
Punishment for Boston Tea Party
A breaking point for the colonies
-boundary line -colonist couldn't cross over the Appalachian mountains -increased anger between England and the colonists
Pamphlet that was popular
written by Thomas Paine
Convinces colonists to support independence
Common Sense
Treaty of Paris 1763
Committees of Correspondence
none of the above
- Direct tax on paper products
- Sons of Liberty created to protest this act
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Daughters of Liberty
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which was committed by
Sons of Liberty.
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Appalachian Mountains
Why were Committees of Correspondence created?
to share information about issues and to main communication with each other
To form an alliance between the French and English
To separate the 13 colonies
To create a War
Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
Hector
Crispus Attucks
Sam Adams
John Adams
Importance of Committees of Correspondence
Send messages to King George
Record meetings of the Sons of Liberty
Secretly spread news among the colonies
Vote on colonial issues
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