Colonial Unity & Action
This 1774 meeting brought together delegates from 12 colonies to coordinate a response to the Intolerable Acts.
First Continental Congress
Which 1764 law taxed sugar and other goods imported into the colonies?
Stamp Act
What name do colonists use for the series of laws passed in 1774 that punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Which event in 1773 involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
After the French and Indian War, Britain had a large what that led them to tax the colonies?
Debt
Name the militia conflicts in April 1775 often called the start of open fighting between British troops and colonial militias.
Lexington and Concord
Which 1765 law required a stamp on many printed documents, angering colonists as "taxation without representation"?
Stamp Act
One punishment in the Intolerable Acts was the closing of this important Boston feature that hurt trade and local jobs.
Boston Harbor
Who was the former enslaved man killed in the Boston Massacre and remembered in colonial accounts?
Crispus Attucks
What proclamation in 1763 forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? 300 — Name one direct action colonists took to protest the Stamp Act or Townshend Acts.
Proclamation of 1763
Which body met in May 1775, appointed George Washington commander, and managed the war effort?
Second Continental Congress
The Townshend Acts (1767) taxed imported goods. Give two types of items taxed under the Townshend Acts.
Examples: tea, glass, lead, paint
How did the Intolerable Acts change Massachusetts’ colonial charter and local government powers?
It curtailed local government authority and increased military/legal power for Britain
What famous document was adopted on July 4, 1776?
Declaration of Independence
Name one direct action colonists took to protest the Stamp Act or Townshend Acts.
Examples: boycotts, protests, tarring and feathering tax collectors, forming Sons of Liberty, nonimportation agreements
After which event did all thirteen colonies begin to show stronger sympathy and unite behind Massachusetts?
The Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) increased colonial sympathy for Massachusetts
How did the French and Indian War contribute directly to Britain’s decision to tax the colonies?
Britain incurred massive war debt from the French and Indian War and sought revenue by taxing the colonies
Why did the Boston Massacre (1770) help push colonists toward independence? Give two reasons.
It showed British troops could and would fire on colonists; it was used as propaganda to increase outrage and fear
What phrase is used to describe the first shots fired at Lexington that began open armed conflict?
"The shot heard 'round the world"
How did propaganda, like Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre, influence colonial opinion?
Propaganda simplified and spread the story, inflamed emotions, and made distant colonists feel directly threatened, increasing support for resistance
Explain one way colonial self-government or organization during the 1760s–1775 showed the colonies could act independently of Britain (short answer).
Example answers: colonial militias organized and cooperated across colonies; Committees of Correspondence coordinated information; colonial legislatures or congresses met and passed collective measures
Explain how colonists used boycotts as a response to British taxes and give one example of a group that organized resistance.
Example answer: Harsh measures punished one colony and alarmed others, leading colonies to coordinate responses and support Massachusetts
Describe how Britain’s responses to colonial protests after the Boston Tea Party actually increased unity among the colonies (short answer).
Harsh measures punished one colony and alarmed others, leading colonies to coordinate responses and support Massachusetts
Pick one turning point (Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Lexington & Concord, or Declaration) and explain in two sentences why it was a turning point.
Stamp Act: first widespread organized colonial resistance; it led to protests, boycotts, and the formation of groups like the Sons of Liberty, setting a pattern of resistance.
Create a short cause→effect chain (three steps) that links a British action to colonial response to a later event (for example: Tea Act → Boston Tea Party → Intolerable Acts).
(Sample) Tea Act → Boston Tea Party → Intolerable Acts