Events Leading to the American Revolution

Match the following events with their descriptions.

• French and Indian War

• An act imposing taxes on sugar and other goods, raising money for the British to help pay the high costs of fighting the French and Indian War

• Stamp Act Congress

• A conflict between Britain and France over territorial claims in North America that strained colonial relations.

• Stamp Act

• A tax on printed materials like paper and stamps that further frustrated many colonists.

• Sugar Act

• King George III's proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Delegates from 9 colonies gathered to protest the Stamp Act and assert colonial rights.

Match the following events with their descriptions.

• Intolerable Acts

• An act granting the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies, leading to the Boston Tea Party.

• Townshend Acts

• A series of measures, including the closure of Boston Harbor, aimed at punishing Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

• Tea Act

• Colonists, disguised as Native Americans, dumped British tea into Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act.

• Boston Massacre

• A confrontation between British soldiers and colonists in Boston that resulted in the deaths of five colonists.

• Boston Tea Party

• A series of taxes on goods like tea, paper, and glass that led to boycotts and heightened colonial tensions.

Match the following

• First Continental Congress

• The first battles of the American Revolution, where British troops clashed with colonial militias in Massachusetts.

• Second Continental Congress

• Delegates from twelve colonies gathered to discuss grievances against Britain and coordinate a colonial response.

• Declaration of Independence

• A follow-up to the 1st Continental Congress, where representatives debated independence and named George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Army.

• Saratoga

• A decisive American victory that encouraged France to formally ally with the American cause against Britain.

• Lexington and Concord

• A statement, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, declaring the colonies' independence from Britain, adopted on July 4, 1776.

_________ means the right of the people to govern themselves and make decisions that affect their lives.

• Tyranny

• Liberty

• Happiness

• Revolution

________ means control, coercion, and a lack of regard for the will and welfare of the governed.

• Freedom

• Tyranny

• Liberty

• Revolt

Which people were on the committee that worked to draft the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• All of these

Unalienable rights cannot be taken away by the government.

• True

• False

John Locke was _________.

• a British general

• a lawyer

• a philosopher

• a TikTok influencer

Liberty and tyranny are synonyms (words with the same meaning).

• True

• False

According to the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence, people have a duty to________.

• explain why they are separating

• dance like nobody is watching

• declare war on England

• be loyal to the King