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| Philadelphia | In which city was the first Continental Congress held? |
| Sons of Liberty | was the name of the rebel group that believed actions spoke louder than words. It was a political group started in protest to the acts placed on the colonists by England. |
| Quartering | was the name given to the act of forcing colonists to give food and lodging to British soldiers. |
| Great Awakening | Jonathan Edwards was one of the leading figures of what religious movement? |
| Sam Adams | Although not a good businessman, he was a skilled politician and started a famous political group in Massachusetts. He wrote many stirring protest documents and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. |
| Townshend Duties | taxed tea, glass, paper and lead. |
| Stamp Act | taxed all printed materials in the colonies. |
| Intolerable Acts | was the American name for the laws closing Boston Harbor until all the tea was paid for. These laws squelched American liberties including freedom of assembly. |
| Ben Franklin | He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, was an ambassador to Europe, and made many famous inventions and discoveries. |
| John Adams | was our country’s first vice-president and second president. He was also an ambassador and lawyer. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence, and eventually argued for the constitution to be ratified. |
| Paul Revere | warned Hancock and Adams that the British were coming to Lexington to arrest them. He was a silversmith and made a famous engraving that became propaganda for the colonists. |
| King George III | King of England in 1760 and during the time of colonial pre-war protest. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | was issued by England to mark the Appalachian Mts. as the boundary of English settlement. Colonists were told not to go beyond this line so that peace would be maintained with Native Americans after Pontiac’s Rebellion. |
| Boycott | This word means non-importation of certain goods in order to make a point (stop buying a product or using a certain service as a means of economic warfare). The colonists did this to protest many of the acts issued by the British. |
| Boston | Five snowball throwers were killed by British soldiers in what city? |
| Washington | Was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Colonial Army |
| John Hancock | was a rich merchant who was angered when one of his ships was seized by the British. He was serving as president of the Second Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was signed. |
