Vocabulary 1
What is a tax on imported goods called?
Tariff
What is the name for a volunteer army?
Militia
Patrick Henry was ready to fight to his death..what did he declare/say?!
“Give me liberty or give me death!”
Who warned the colonists that the British were going to attack?
Paul Revere
What were the Americans fighting for in the American Revolution?
Independence from Britain
What 2 sides were the colonists divided into?
Patriots who wanted to rebel against Great Britain and Loyalists who wanted to remain loyal to the king.
What did some militia groups call themselves?
Minutemen
What was the slogan the colonists used because they didn’t have a voice in Parliament?
“No taxation without representation!”
Who was the first to speak out against the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry
Where did leaders of the colonies agree to meet to discuss the Intolerable Acts?
Philadelphia
What was the law-making assembly of England called?
Parliament
What is word that means to refuse to buy goods?
boycott
Because the colonists were low on ammunition what did Colonel Prescott advise them?
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”
Who organized the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
Which two hills did the Patriots leaders need to control in Charleston?
Breed Hill and Bunker Hill
Name a group that led protests against British taxes.
The Sons of Liberty or The Daughters of Liberty
What two acts were imposed on the colonists because Britain needed money?
The Townshend Acts
2. The Tea Act
What did Paul Revere shout as a warning when he rode into towns?
“The British are coming, the British are coming!”
Which battle was known where “the shot heard round the world”?
Lexington
What was the Boston Massacre?
The killing of five men in Boston by panicked British soldiers.
What was the Committee of Correspondence?
It was formed to share news among the colonists.
What group supported the boycott on imported goods by making tea from herbs and berries and by weaving cloth?
The Daughters of Liberty
Explain the Boston Tea Party
When colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
Who retreated during the brief battle at Concord?
The British
What were the two goals of the Tea Act?
To help the struggling East India Company
To get the colonists to pay the tax