Causes
This act by put forth by the British forced colonists to pay taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea
What was the Townshend Acts
This person remained loyal to the King.
Who was a loyalist?
King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists.
What is Boston Harbor
These are small groups of men who were trained to go into battle.
What were: militias
Paying for the cost of this event was the first reason the British needed tax money from the Colonists.
What was the French Indian War.
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party.
This nickname describes the British soldiers based on appearance.
What were Lobsterbacks or Redcoats
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
These colonists wanted a new nation away from King George
What were Patriots.
What word is used for when colonists refused to buy or trade for British goods.
What is boycott
Britain punished Boston because of this incident over tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
This person helped form the Sons of Liberty
Who was Samuel Adams?
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean.
This famous rider helped alert the colonists of British soldiers
Who is Paul Revere
Who said No taxation without representation because they were unhappy
The colonists
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act.
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
This large, colonial city where a "massacre" took place
What was Boston, Massachusetts.
The name of the governing body of Great Britain.
What is Parliament.
Who lost their life during the Boston Massacre?
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Colonists forced to house British soldiers, British soldiers could not be charged with crimes, the closing of Boston's port
What is the Intolerable Acts.
This African-American learned how to read and wrote poetry as a slave
Who was Philiss Wheatley
These are the names of the original 13 colonies:
What are Massachusetts (Maine was a part of Mass.), Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Georgia, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware.
This group helped protest against the new taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty.
Colonists had to house and feed British soldiers