Vocab
Comparing a classroom to a zoo is an example of what?
What is a metaphor
The year that King George took the throne in Great Britain.
What is 1760.
What is the Stamp Act.
This is the nickname colonists used to make fun of British soldiers.
What is "lobsterback".
The location of the First Continental Congress
What is Philadelphia.
This is the name of the group in Britain that passed a law called the Quartering Act.
What is Parliament
The name of the character King George played in a play as a child.
What is Cato.
This is the reason why colonists were angry about the Quartering Act.
What is American Indians.
The date of the Boston Massacre
What is March 5, 1770.
The murder of innocent people who are defenseless
What is a massacre
Name a personality trait of King George's, and give evidence from the text to support your answer.
Use evidence to support your answer!
Colonists paid taxes but had no representatives in the British Parliament. The term for this is called __________
What is taxation without representation.
This act closed Boston Harbor, resulting in many people losing their jobs.
What is the Boston Port Act.
Choose between these three words/phrases to describe how King George felt about the colonies during his reign:
happy
furious
he didn't care
What is furious.
Many colonists decided to _______, or refuse to buy, tea because of the tax
What is boycott
One reason why Parliament did not want to work with King George.
What is:
They did not like his ideas
They thought the government worked best when they were not under the King's control
They were worried King George wanted too much power.
This is the reason why Parliament passed the Proclamation of 1763
What is to stop fighting between colonists and American Indians.
The Coercive Acts were called _____________ by the colonists.
This group of women refused to by British cloth. They called themselves __________
What is the Daughters of Liberty.
In the parent and child metaphor, Great Britain is the ___________ and the colonists are the ____________
What is the parent and child
The name of King George's father.
What is Prince Frederick
Name the main problem that Great Britain had to deal with after winning the French and Indian War.
What is they had a lot of debt.
After the Boston Massacre, Parliament repealed, or canceled, ALL taxes on the colonies, except for taxes on ___________.
What is tea.
This is the name of the largest British tea company in 1773.
What is the British East India Company.