Question | Answer |
1. This revival in Christianity sparked many colonists to question the authority of the king. | Great Awakening
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2. A war that led the colonists being unhappy with Great Britain. | French and Indian War
| 3. Law requiring colonists to pay taxes on all printed material including newspapers and playing cards. | Stamp Act
| 4. Surprise attack by a hidden person or group. | ambush
| 5. Cut off an area to prevent supplies and people from entering or leaving. | blockade
| 6. To refuse to buy items from a business or country. | boycott
| 7. A complaint against an unfair or unjust act. | grievance
| 8. Colonists who were loyal to Great Britain. | Loyalist/Tory
| 9. Colonists who fought for independence against Great Britain. | Patriot
| 10. A military force made up of the civilian population in place of a regular military. | militia
| 11. A formal request for those in power with signatures. | petition
| 12. Ideas or information designed to influence opinion and spread. | propaganda
| 13. To give official approval. | ratify
| 14. The action or process of resisting authority or convention. | rebellion
| 15. Forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. | revolution
| 16. Tax placed against molasses and refined sugar but allowed officers to seize goods suspected of being smuggled. | Sugar Act
| 17. Tax placed upon imported goods. | Townshend Act
| 18. Scuffle between British soldiers and colonists leading to 5 dead men. | Boston Massacre
| 19. Party that got out of control when colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor. | Boston Tea Party
| 20. Colonists were forced to house and resupply British soldiers. | Quartering Act
| 21. Tax placed upon all tea except for tea from the British East India Company. | Tea Act
| 22. Law which prevented the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War? | Proclamation of 1763
| 23. I believed in a representative government to serve the people. | Locke
| 24. I believed in the division of state and separation of powers. | Montesquieu
| 25. I believed in a direct democracy where everyone contributes to an overall "general will." | Rousseau
| 26. I believed in religious freedom and freedom from government sponsored religion. | Voltaire
| 27. I said,"Give me liberty or give me death!" | Patrick Henry
| 28. I wrote "Common Sense" influencing many colonists to join the Revolution. | Thomas Paine
| 29. Event in which philosophers questioned the validity of government and created the basis for the Declaration of Independence. | Enlightenment |