The name of the British king who supports the idea of taxing the colonies
Who is King George III ?
100
A young Virginia lawyer who was one of the first to speak out about the Stamp Act.
Who is Patrick Henry?
100
The year that Parliament saw it would be impossible to enforce the Stamp Act, so they repealed it.
What is 1766?
100
The year the British government sent warships to Boston Harbor as a reaction to the boycott of the Townshend Acts.
What is 1768?
100
These acts were repealed by Parliament on the same day as the Boston Massacre.
What are the Townshend Acts?
200
Britain's law making assembly
What is Parliament?
200
The name of the gathering of nine colonies in October 1765 to discuss what to do about the Stamp Act.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
200
The laws passed in 1767 that placed a tariff on imported goods from Britain like paper, wool, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
200
Event that occurred on the night of March 5, 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
The one tax that was not repealed by Parliament when they repealed the Townshend Acts.
What is the tax on tea?
300
The law passed in 1765 that placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
A Massachusetts man who had failed at several businesses, but was very good at inspiring other people to take action.
Who is Samuel Adams?
300
What type of protest did the colonists organize against the Townshend Acts?
What is a boycott?
300
Name of the African American who escaped slavery and became a sailor, only to be one of the 5 men killed at the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
300
The goal of the Parliament leaving the tax on tea when the Townshend Acts were repealed.
What is to show the colonists that they still had the right to tax the colonies?
400
By 1765, the colonies had a long tradition of what, which is why they resented not having a voice in Parliament.
What is self-government?
400
The group organized by Samuel Adams to protest the Stamp Act.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
400
A Boston writer who encouraged people to stop buying imported goods such as tea and wool.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
400
A cousin of Samuel Adams, this man defended the British soldiers from the Boston Massacre because he recognized that the law guaranteed everyone a fair trial.
Who is John Adams?
400
This group was founded by Samuel Adams to ensure more speedy, safer communication among Patriots.
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
500
The prime minister of England in 1765 who thought the solution to the debt from the French and Indian War was to tax the colonies.
Who is George Grenville?
500
What were people called whose job it was to collect the Stamp Tax?
What is Stamp Agent?
500
The name of the groups of women who helped the boycott against the Townshend Acts by weaving cloth that could be used instead of British wool.
What is Daughters of Liberty?
500
The two men whose fight started the Boston Massacre.
Who are Edward Garrick and Hugh White?
500
A silversmith who was an express rider, he would later become famous around midnight.