Declaration of Independence and American Revolution by Matt Vassallo

Jordan Weaver

2014-01-07 19:07:04 UTC

The Declaration of Independence -Jada Torrance

2014-01-07 19:13:46 UTC

The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states! And, there no longer apart of the British Empire.

The primary writer of the DOI is Thomas Jefferson

The Boston Massacre -Jada Torrance

2014-01-08 18:52:22 UTC

The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a patriotic mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, at a squad of British soldiers. A bunch of colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers

Coercive Acts -Jada Torrance

2014-01-08 19:03:22 UTC

The Coercive Acts was also known as The Intolerable Acts, which was the Patriot name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Massachusetts after the Boston Tea party.

First Continental Congress -Jordan Weaver

2014-01-08 19:07:23 UTC

The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution

Lexington and Concord -Jada Torrance

2014-01-08 19:08:20 UTC

This was a battle fought on April 19th 1775. This fought kicked off the start of the Revolutionary War.

The Quartering Acts -Jada Torrance

2014-01-08 19:11:16 UTC

The Quartering Acts was an act Parliament passed, that outlined the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies.

Proclamation Act of 1763 -Jada Torrance

2014-01-09 18:21:10 UTC

This act banned the colonization of British subjects west of the Appalachian mountains. It also ordered the colonist that had already colonized the Ohio Valley and beyond to abandon their homes and move back east.

Stamp Act -Jada Torrance

2014-01-09 18:24:20 UTC

The Stamp Act forced people to pay a tax on certain items and have that item stamped to show the tax had been paid. Newspapers, pamphlets, licenses, legal documents, and playing cards are some of the items that where tax.

Sugar Act -Jada Torrance

2014-01-09 18:30:00 UTC

England wanted the Americans pay for the French and Indian War. They started to tax on sugar and molasses that came into the colonies.

Second Continental Congress -Jada Torrance

2014-01-09 18:32:36 UTC

Men representing the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to make an army to help protect the colonies and try on more time to friendly with the King.

Quiz -Everyone

2014-01-09 18:39:41 UTC

1.) A patriotic mob played a roll in the Boston Massacre.

a.) True

b.) False

2.) John Hancock was the primary writer of the Deceleration of Independence.

a.) True

b.) False

3.) Did the Sugar Act tax sugar?

a.) Yes

b.) No

4.) What did the Stamp Act do?

a.) tax stamps

b.) discriminate paper making

c.) discriminate taxes

d.) all of the above

5.) What year was the DOI signed?

a.) 2014

b.) 1776

c.)1852

d.)1735

6.) How many men represented the second continental congress?

a.)8

b.)89

C.)13

d.)521

7.) Why did the Sugar Act occur?

a.) to make more sugar

b.) because England wanted the Americans to help with the war

c.) just to occur

d.) NONE of the above

8.) What year did the Quatering Act occur?

a.)1997

b.)1765

c.)1895

d.)2007

9.) What was another name for the Corecive Acts?

a.) Turn Up Act

b.)Sugar Act

c.) Intolerable Act

d.)Waccamaw Act

10.) What did Lexington and Concord kick off?

a.) Civil war

b.) Revolutionary war

c.)World War I

d.) World war II

BONUS:

What is the first letter of the alphabet?

a.)C

b.)D

C.)A

D.)