People
Husband of Abigail Adams
Who is John Adams?
After the Boston Tea Party, this colony was punished with intolerable acts such as housing British soldiers.
What is The Boston colony?
Who met at the 1st Continental Congress meeting?
What is the Colonists
Leader of Britain, went to war with France. Is in great debt.
Who is King George III?
This is the act that put a tax on paper goods like letters, writing paper, playing cards, newspapers, calendars, legal documents, and more.
What is The Stamp Act?
During this event, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This person was the first American colonist to be killed in the American Revolution.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
A colonist decided to move his family out of Pennsylvania and into the Ohio Valley. As his family begins to move towards the Ohio Vally, they are stopped by British soldiers, informing them they are not allowed to move based on this law.
What is The Proclamation Line of 1763?
As a result of this, tensions began between the colonists and Britain.
What are taxes?
This group organized protests throughout the different colonies in rebellion against Britain
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
These were a series of laws passed by the British government which taxed colonists on imported goods such as paper, paint, lead glass, tea and other household items.
What are the Townshend Acts?
The reason why settlers left their home and traveled to a new land.
What is God, Gold, and Glory & Fame?
This person rode his horse through the night to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
After the Boston Tea Party, Britain punished Boston with these consequences such as closing the harbor,
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This war lasted 7 years and led to the beginnings of the American Revolution.
What is the French and Indian war?