Culture Clash
This event was caused, in part, due to disputes over land and trade with the Native Americans.
What is the French and Indian War?
This act by the British Parliament lowered the tax on molasses and allowed British soldiers to seize smuggled goods.
What is the Sugar Act?
Who created the famous engraving that showed the Boston Massacre?
Who is Paul Revere?
This person owned the ship, the Hancock, which was seized by the British for smuggling wine.
Who is John Hancock?
The name of the group of American colonists who favored independence.
Who are the Patriots?
The petition sent to King George III, assuring him that the colonists wanted peace. It asked him to protect colonists' rights; he rejected the petition.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This group was concerned primarily with the lucrative trade to be found in the Ohio Valley.
Who are the French?
This act taxed all printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
What was the title of the Boston Massacre engraving?
What is "The Bloody Massacre"?
He developed the post office and the Night Riders in order to deliver news and mail quickly throughout the colonies.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Group of American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
Who are the Loyalists?
To refuse to buy items in order to protest certain actions or to force acceptance of one's terms.
What is to boycott?
This group saw the Ohio Valley as home.
Who are the Native Americans?
This act was a tax on imported goods like glass, tea, and paper.
What are the Townshend Acts?
In the Boston Massacre engraving, who is firing into the crowd of colonists?
Who are the British Redcoat soldier?
He is the author of Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Where the "shot heard round the world" was fired.
Where is Lexington, Massachusetts?
A group of Patriots organized by Samuel Adams who were involved in protests against the Stamp Act and participated in the Boston Tea Party.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This group wanted the Ohio Valley as a place to live and expand in.
Who are the English? (and colonists)
These acts banned town meetings in Massachusetts and closed Boston Harbor.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The year the Boston Massacre occurred.
What is 1770?
He is known as the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A military force made up of ordinary citizens trained to fight in emergencies.
What is a militia?
Civilians who were ready to fight at a moment's notice.
Who are the Minutemen?
This declaration forbid English colonists in America to settle west of the Appalachians.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
During this event, colonial leaders worked together and sent a statement to King George III and Parliament declaring that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonists.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
The first person killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
He is famous for stating: "Give me liberty or give me death!".
Who is Patrick Henry?
An idea of information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause.
What is propaganda?
Court documents allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.
What are the Writs of Assistance?