American Revolution #1
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
A group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Britain wanted the colonists to pay them back for their help during the French and Indian War. The Sons of Liberty, upset by the taxes, dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonial soldiers would be ready to resist British attack “in a minute
Minutemen
Who helped the colonies in the war?
French
One that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot"
These were the people that supported Britain and King George.
What are "loyalists" or "redcoats"
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
King George
The tax on lead, paint, paper, and glass was known as?
Townshend Acts
Which brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?
Concord
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
True or false: George Washington cut down a cherry tree as a child.
False
His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
Who was the first one to speak out against the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry
Who organized the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
Who was the first man shot in the war?
Crispus Attucks
True or False: The Tea Act stated colonists had to buy tea from only one British tea company
True
Representative from each colony met to discuss the Intolerable Acts and upcoming possible war.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Benjamin Franklin
Famous saying that was a rallying call for the colonist?
"No taxation without representation"
Where was the "shot heard around the world"?
Beginning of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Refusal to buy goods. Effect of the Townshend Acts.
What is a boycott?
Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
What were John Locke's three main tenets?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness