People
General of the Continental Army during the revolution and would become America's first president.
George Washington
This was a tax on sugar and molasses
Sugar Act
This protest occurred when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
This is where the "Shot heard round the world" was fired.
Lexington
This was a group of patriots that focused on protesting British acts and taxes.
Sons of Liberty
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
This was a tax on any printed material
Stamp Act
This was the term for someone who supported Britain and King George throughout the Revolution
Loyalist
After the fighting in Lexington, British soldiers continued their attack by marching to this nearby town to seize weapons.
Concord
This was a meeting that happened twice where delegates from all colonies talked about breaking away from Britain and forming an army.
Continental Congress
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This act required colonists to provide housing, food, and drink to British troops.
Quartering Act
This was the term for someone who supported colonial rebellion and wanted the colonies to form their own country.
Patriot
This was the term used by colonists to describe the British soldiers.
Redcoats
This is term for a ban that forbids relations with groups, policies, or goods as a form of protest
Boycott
King of England during the American Revolution
King George III
This act gave a British company a monopoly on tea in the colonies and undercut smugglers, which led to the Boston Tea Party.
Tea Act
What did the Sons of Liberty dress as while dumping the tea?
Native Americans
This colony was taken by Britain near the beginning of the American Revolution
NY
British taxation of the colonies was a result of debt from what?
French and Indian War
He was the oldest signee of the Declaration of Independence at the age of 70
Ben Franklin
This act closed the Boston harbor to all trade until the tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid back.
Bonus: Extra 100 points if you can name what the British called these acts.
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?
5
This was the term for colonists who joined the war effort with no formal experience just because they had a gun and wanted to help.
Minutemen
How many grievances were there against King George in the Declaration of Independence?
27