Terms
What is money (bills) paid to the government?
Taxes
This man led the British troops against the French and Indians, he later went on to become the First President of the United States.
George Washington
This act taxed newspapers, legal documents and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
The colonists supposedly threw these at the British soldiers.
Snowballs
Term used for British Soldiers
Red Coats or Lobster backs
This was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, also given credit to the first person killed in the American Revolution.
Crispus Attucks
This act allowed for British Soldiers to be housed, fed at a persons house.
The Quartering Act
What was housed at the Custom House
The King's money from the taxes.
Means to stand against something
Protest
This person was in control of the British Troops during the Boston Massacre
Captain Thomas Preston
This act taxed sugar.
The Sugar Act
Who is the first person to be credited being the first person killed in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
This is a spear like point that attaches to the end of a gun.
Bayonetts
This person led the SONS OF LIBERTY, and was responsible for leading the Patriots against the British before the war starts.
Sam Adams
This slogan was something that Colonists used to unite themselves against the British for being over taxed.
"No taxation without representation."
This act taxed all paper products.
The Stamp Act
This means to come together
Unite
Who painted the Boston Massacre, and later had a famous horse ride through the streets of Boston, claiming "The Red Coats are Coming."
Paul Revere
This event led to the deaths of 5 Colonists in the streets of Boston.
The Boston Massacre