Acts by the British
The event when 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers in Boston in 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The event when colonists boarded a ship and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
To owe money
What is debt?
The group that led multiple boycotts against the British and would eventually lead the start of the American Revolution.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
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The third planet from the sun.
What is Earth?
The act that forced colonists to house and feed soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
Refusing to buy certain goods, in this case from Britain.
What is a boycott?
To take away (usually a law)
What is repeal?
King of England in the years leading up to and during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
9 x 8
What is 72?
Outlawed all paper money and all debts had to be paid in silver or gold.
What is the Currency Act?
What is smuggling?
A complete change in something
What is a revolution?
Came up with the popular statement, "No Taxation without Representation."
Who is James Otis?
Edgar Allen Poe wrote this poem that inspired the name of the NFL team in Baltimore.
What is the Raven?
Taxed paint, paper, tea, lead and glass. Also when the Writs of Assistance were passed.
What were the Townshend Acts?
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The name of the gathering when the colonists claimed loyalty to Britain, but that the colonies should have the power to tax them, not Parliament.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
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Cutting off all trade
What is an embargo?
Offered to use his personal fortune to pay the tax on the tea lost in Boston Harbor if the British repealed the Tea Act.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Voice actor for Maui in the Disney movie Moana.
Who is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?
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Closed Boston Port, gave more power to British Governor, send more troops to colonies who had to be quartered, and British officials could stand trial in Britain.
What were the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
The name of the gathering of 12 of the 13 colonies when they approved a plan to start training and arming militias, and approved a new boycott which could become an embargo.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The groups that fought in the French and Indian War and the major consequence for one of those groups.
Who were the British and their Native Allies fought the French and their Native Allies?
What is being in massive debt?
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He was the lawyer for the British Soldiers during the trial for the Boston Massacre long before he was the President of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
The American Revolution famously inspired this country to have their own revolution.
What is France?