Acts of Parliament
This act of Parliament forbid colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
The Proclamation of 1763
How many people died in total as a result of the Boston Massacre?
5
This was the group of Patriots who planned and organized the Boston Tea Party.
The Sons of Liberty
In the Stamp Act Congress, representatives wrote a letter asking the King to repeal the law and collected signatures. This form of protest is called...
Writing a petition
This is the act of illegally bringing something into or out of a country
Smuggling
The Sugar Act of 1764 lowered taxes on sugar and molasses in order to put these people out of business.
Why did British soldiers start shooting at the colonists in the first place?
Colonists were mocking them/throwing snowballs and sticks
In order to hide their identities, colonists disguised themselves as this group of people.
Native Americans.
The Sons of Liberty used this strategy to threaten people by breaking into houses and cause physical harm towards people
Violence
Colonists who wanted to break away from Great Britain were called...
Patriots
Name at least one specific item that was taxed under the Stamp Act of 1765.
He is a member of the Sons of Liberty who drew a picture of the Boston Massacre
Paul Revere
Boston Harbor
This is a form of protest in which people agree not to buy something in order to force a change.
A boycott
Colonists who supported Great Britain were called...
Loyalists
The Townshend Acts of 1767 placed a tax on all imported goods. What does the word "imported" mean?
When something is brought into one country from another.
Why did Paul Revere include false details in his picture of the Boston Massacre?
To make the British soldiers look guilty/look like the bad guys
The Intolerable Acts
This is a dummy that is made to look like someone and is usually hanged or burned.
An effigy
As part of the Intolerable Acts, this law forced colonists to allow British soldiers to live in their homes and eat their food for free.
The Quartering Act
He is an African-Native American man who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
What was the reason behind the Boston Tea Party?
Protest against the Tea Act - colonists could only buy tea from England.
This group of colonial women protested by organizing boycotts and making their own clothes instead of buying clothes from the British.
The Daughters of Liberty
He was the King of England during the American Revolution
George III