What was taxed in the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act?
Sugar and Molasses and All Printed Paper Products
100
This founding father was the commander of the new Continental Army.
George Washington
100
What were the two sides present at the Boston Massacre?
Angry Colonists and British Soldiers
100
What was the name of the people who remained loyal to England
Loyalists
100
How may days until winter break?
1!
200
How would colonists try to get sugar in the colonies without paying the tax?
smuggling
200
This person was the King of England.
King George III
200
What did Captain Thomas Preston say happened to him during the mob?
He said that the colonists had clubs and that he was struck.
200
Who was the colonies unofficial ambassador who was living in England?
Ben Franklin
200
What was one argument of the loyalists?
That the colonists would lose all support from England, and they would suffer.
The colonists would have to fight the greatest Army in the world.
The colonies would lose the protection that England gave.
300
What was the catchy phrase that protested the new tax
Taxation without Representation
300
Who coined the phrase Taxation without Representation?
Samuel Adams and James Otis
300
What weapon did the colonists say they had?
Snowballs
300
This was the event where colonists, dressed like Mohawk, boarded a ship in Boston harbor and threw the contents overboard.
Boston Tea Party
300
What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?
Common Sense
400
What was the main reason the British imposed taxes on the colonists?
To pay for the French and Indian War
400
Who defended the British soldiers who were a part of the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
400
How many people were killed according to the colonists?
11
400
How many lanterns were in the Old North Church if the British were to come by sea?
Two
400
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
500
What was the main reason the colonists opposed the taxes?
They felt that they were losing their rights and their self-governance.
500
Who was the ambassador to England?
Ben Franklin
500
What happened to the British soldiers who were a part of the Boston Massacre?
They were either acquitted or given light sentences.
500
Who shot the first shot of the American Revolution?