Topics to study – Sections 4.1 & 4.2

Know the following events/actions/organizations that led to the Revolution:

· Sugar Act

· Stamp Act

· Sons of Liberty

· Townshend Duties

· Boston Massacre – how many died? When?

· Committees of Correspondence

· Boston Tea Party (response to what law?)

· Intolerable Acts

· Term: martial law

· “Patriots”

· “Loyalists”

· Second Continental Congress – what was their first response to the outbreak of violence? What did they finally declare in 1776?

Know the following people and why they are important:

· George III

· Samuel Adams

· Thomas Paine

· Thomas Jefferson

Know the following documents and why they are important (from section 4.2):

· Common Sense

· Olive Branch Petition

o Why was this sent?

o King George III’s reaction?

· Declaration of Independence (you should know this document well from your HW assignment)