Open defiance of authority

Incoming money from taxes or other sources

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

An official expression of opinion by a group

To cancel an act or law

A formal request for government action

A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

An organization that spreads political ideas and information through Britain's American colonies

An American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

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

To refuse to buy items in order to protest certain actions or to force acceptance of one's terms

American colonist who favored American independence

A civilian during Revolutionary Era, sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice

Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause: information used to influence opinion

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

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

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

Who was the first commander of the Continental Army?

Who led the failed American 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 colonies organize to fight against 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 to 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 would not 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 during the Boston Massacre.

Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts.

The committee of correspondence as a system of letter writing between the colonial governors and the king.

The Declaration of Independence explains why the colonies 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 Branch petition offered by Congress.

Boycotts following the Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts.