Vocab
to cancel or take away (example: taxes)
repeal
placed a tax on sugar and molasses
Sugar Act
How many colonists were killed?
5
Who did the colonists disguise themselves as?
Mohawk Indians
name of the peaceful protest group
Daughters of Liberty
violent protest group led by Samuel Adams
Sons of Liberty
What did the Townshend Acts tax? (5 things)
paper
paint
lead
tea
glass
Were the colonists completely innocent? Why or why not?
no; throwing snowballs and sticks at soldiers
How many crates of tea were dumped?
342
to stop purchasing/using a product
boycott
rifle with a knife at the end; weapon used by soldiers
bayonet
What tax prompted the Boston Tea Party?
tea act
What did the British call the Boston Massacre?
Incident on King Street
How many ships were used in the Boston Tea Party? Name 1
3
Dartmouth
another name for the Intolerable Acts
Coercive Acts
name of the British government
Parliament
What did the Quartering Act of 1765 say? How did it change in 1775?
provide food and clothing
then, had to provide shelter, also
the lawyer who defended the soldiers in court
John Adams
What was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
to enforce order; to enforce the Proclamation Act
created by the colonists in order to establish a plan to protest the tax on paper
Stamp Act Congress
The colonists had an issue with taxes because they had no _______________________.
representation in Parliament
innocent? how many
guilt? how many
2 found guilty
6 innocent
-closed harbor
-King chooses governor
-trials in England
-expanded Quartering act
2 ways protesters targeted tax collectors
tar and feathering
hanging in effigy