Vocabulary 1
The killing of many people.
What is a massacre?
A colonist who still believed in British rule.
What is a loyalist?
This individual created political cartoons and engravings in support of the war(he even created "The Bloody Massacre")
Who was Paul Revere?
Both meetings were held in this important colonial town.
What was Philadelphia?
This was the reason the colonists didn't want to buy the tea, even though it was at a very cheap price.
What is "No Taxation without Representation"?
British soldiers were ambushed by minutemen while returning to Boston. Most minutemen were hiding behind these.
What are stone walls or trees?
To give people food and shelter.
What is to quarter?
Colonists who opposed British rule.
What are patriots?
This person was sent The Olive Branch Petition and refused to even open it, sending more soldiers to the colonies instead.
Who was King George III?
Delegates from every colony except this one attended the First Continental Congress.
What is Georgia?
This act allowed the East India Company of Britain to sell tea at a very low price.
What was the Tea Act?
The British soldiers were searching for these in Concord.
What are weapons,cannons or gunpowder?
Someone chosen to speak and act for others.
What is a delegate?
A group of ordinary people who train for battle.
What is militia?
This person defended the British soldiers for the Boston Massacre?
Who was John Adams?
The First Continental Congress met to discuss these.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
This engraving showed peaceful colonists being fired upon by British soldiers.
What was "The Bloody Massacre"?
The first shot of the Revolution happened in this town.
What is Lexington?
Written communication
What is correspondence?
An officer in charge of an army.
What is a commander?
This new British governor of Massachusetts was ordered to stop any rebellions.
Who was Thomas Gage?
The Second Continental Congress named this individual to be the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
Samuel Adams and other Sons of Liberty set up this group, in order to spread news quickly amongst the colonies.
What was the Committees of Correspondence?
Other than Paul Revere, there were two other riders on the "Midnight Ride". Name one.
Who was Samuel Prescott or William Dawes?
A written request from a number of people.
What is a petition?
Militia with special training.
What is a minuteman?
Who was Samuel Adams or John Hancock?
The Second Continental Congress sent this to King George III asking him to help end the fighting.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This group led the Boston Tea Party, dressed as Mohawk natives.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
In order to preserve gunpowder, this order was given to the colonists fighting at Bunker Hill.
What is "Don't shoot until you see the whites in their eyes".