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100
A colonist who resisted the British tax laws.
What is a patriot?
100
This event became a symbol of British tyranny (absolute power):
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
People who sided with the rebels during the Revolutionary war:
What are Patriots
100
A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans, boarded three British ships docked in the Boston harbor and threw their cargoes of tea overboard
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
The reason why the British hoped to raise money in the colonies
What is paying off debt?
200
A special name for citizen-soldiers who were trained to be ready at a momen't notice.
What are minutemen?
200
In order to convince Americans that a complete break with Britain was necessary, Thomas Paine published this pamphlet:
What is "Common Sense"?
200
These people supported King George III
What are loyalists?
200
Tax on imported tea
What is The Tea Act?
200
Not as accurate as a rifle, but can be loaded quicker
What is a musket?
300
Permitted British officers to enter colonists' homes and businesses to search for smuggled goods.
What are the writs of assistance?
300
Samuel Adams was the driving force behind which protest to the Townshend Acts?
What is a boycott of British goods?
300
Leader of the Colonial Army
Who is George Washington?
300
a tragic incident that was used as propaganda to arouse the colonists' resistance to British authority.
What is The Boston Massacre?
300
a sailor of African and Native American ancestry, he was killed in the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks?
400
A refusal to buy, or deal with something
What is a boycott?
400
This group of colonials, led by Samuel Adams, staged both peace and violent protests against Parliament's laws
What is "The Sons of Liberty"?
400
A colonial lawyer who was criticized for defending several British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
400
attempted to raise money to pay the salaries of British governors and other officials
What are the Townshend Acts?
400
Parliament passed this act to raise money in the colonies to pay the costs of defending them
What is the Stamp Act?
500
A Virginia leader who called for resistance to the Stamp Act
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
Long blade that extends from a soldier's rifle
What is a bayonet?
500
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
The first colonial gathering to consider acting together in protest against the British happend after this act:
What is the Stamp Act?
500
These two villages outside Boston were the scene of the first battles between the British and the colonists
What are Lexington and Concord?
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