The Coming of Independence (1774-1776)

Question 1

Intolerable Acts (1774)

Answer 1

Punitive laws passed after the Boston Tea Party, closing Boston’s port.

Question 2

First Continental Congress (1774)

Answer 2

Representatives from 12 colonies met to oppose British policies.

Question 3

Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)

Answer 3

First military engagements of the war.

Question 4

Second Continental Congress (May 1775)

Answer 4

Established the Continental Army, led by George Washington.

Question 5

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (January 1776)

Answer 5

Advocated for independence from Britain.

Question 6

Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

Answer 6

Written by Thomas Jefferson, declaring separation from Britain.