Sugar, Stamps & Struggles
What item was taxed by the Sugar Act?
Molasses
How did Boston resisters respond to the Tea Act, once the tea was shipped into their harbor?
They held the "Boston Tea Party" - snuck on to the ships at night and dumped 18,000 pounds of it into the harbor
Boston was in what colony?
Massachusetts
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
How many American colonies were there at the time of the Revolution?
Who was the King of England during the pre-Revolution and Revolutionary Eras?
George III
True or False: The Stamp Act required all newspapers to be printed on taxed, stamped paper
True
Glass, lead, paper, paint, tea
What man was a silversmith and delivered messages to Continental Congress?
Paul Revere
Where did Continental Congress meet?
Philadelphia
He refused to do so.
Name two items that the Stamp Act required taxed stamps on.
Paper for all important documents, playing cards, dice
What was the Tea Act, and why was it passed?
What man brewed beer and wrote powerful arguments against the various Acts?
Sam Adams
When the First Continental Congress met, how many of the colonies sent representatives?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 12
C. 12 (all except Georgia)
What is the name of England's legislative group (the other part of their government, besides the king)
What was the name of the resistance group who formed in Boston as a result of the Stamp Act?
The Sons of Liberty
Why did colonists hate the Tea Act?
Who was a wealthy Boston businessman that spoke out against the various Acts?
John Hancock
What did the First Continental Congress request that England do?
Overturn (remove) the Intolerable Acts
What musical instrument does Thomas Jefferson play? (Think awesome music videos)
The violin
What was tarring and feathering?
Pouring boiling tar on someone and then dumping feathers on them
Name the three worst Intolerable Acts and why they were passed.
- Closing the port of Boston
- Troops must be housed/fed by Boston citizens
- Martial Law in Boston
- Due to the Boston Tea Party
What was the name of the British general who ran Boston as part of the Intolerable Acts?
Thomas Gage
How long was the First Continental Congress going to wait for England to respond to their requests?
One year
What musical instrument does Benjamin Franklin NOT play, in spite of what awesome music videos suggest?
The electric guitar