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Misc. 2
100

Who was the King of England at the time of the Revolution?

King George III

100
This act placed a tax on tea.
The Tea Act.
100

The first British victory in the Revolutionary War when the British soldiers destroyed all of the colonists ammunition.

Battle of Lexington

100
This was issued by King George after the French & Indian War. It set aside all land in the Ohio River Valley for Native Americans.
Proclamation of 1763
100

What group formed in Boston in 1765 to protest British taxes and laws?

Sons of Liberty

200

I was the leader of the Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams

200
This act placed a tax on imported lead, glass, paper, paint and tea.
The Townshend Act
200
This war was fought between the British, colonists, French and Native Americans.
The French and Indian War
200

The group of people who did NOT want independence from Great Britain and wanted remain under King George's control were called what?

Loyalists

200

The colonists who wanted their independence from Great Britain were called what?

Patriots

300
I warned the people of Lexington that the British soldiers were coming?
Paul Revere
300
This act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
The Quartering Act
300

What was the result of the American protests against the Stamp Act?

It was repealed (taken away).

300
Colonists fought in the Revolutionary War to________
gain their independence or freedom from Britain.
300

The name of the laws that were put on to colonists as punishment after the Boston Tea Party

The Intolerable (or Coersive) Acts

400

I died in the Boston Massacre and was the first African American hero of the war.

Crispus Attucks

400
This act required colonists to pay taxes on sugar, coffee, molasses, indigo and whale fins.
Sugar Act
400
During this event, colonists dressed as Native Americans to board British ships and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston Tea Party
400
What was the main reason why colonists needed to pay taxes after the French and Indian War?
Britain wanted them to help pay off the war debt.
400

What was the name of the meeting between representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies in 1774?

The Continental Congress

500

What was the name given to the British soldiers?

Redcoats

500
This act required colonists to buy stamps or seals for most paper goods, playing cards, pamphlets, calendars, documents, etc.
The Stamp Act
500
During this event, colonists protested the collection of taxes and threw snowballs at British guards. Five colonists were killed and many others were wounded in this event.
Boston Massacre
500
How did the colonists feel after seeing Paul Revere's engraved picture of the Boston Massacre?
They were mad or angry.
500

This act that closed the Boston harbor after the Boston Tea Party.

The Intolerable Acts

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