Acts
This act required colonists to buy Tea from the East India Company
What is the Tea Act?
This person road to warn American Patriots that "The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
This city was the place with the most British troops and revolutionary drama.
What is Boston?
At this event, the Sons of Liberty through Tea in the Harbour
What is the Boston Tea Party?
People living in the colonies who did NOT want to separate from England were called this.
What is "loyalist"?
This Act put a tax on molasses, a sweet syrupy substance.
What is the Sugar Act?
This person was the King of England at the Time of the Revolution
The French and Indian War was fought over this area of land, which started off the road to the Revolution.
5 colonists died after this protest for throwing rocky snowballs at the Red Coats.
What is the Boston Massacre? (OK: The Incident on King Street)
A secret organization made of colonial men who wanted to protest the British.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
If you wanted to get married, leave a will, or purchase playing cards you had to pay a tax because of this act.
What is the Stamp Act?
He was thought to be the founder of the Sons of Liberty
Who was Samuel Adams? (OK: Sam Adams)
These two cities in Massachusetts were where the colonists stored their weapons, and where the fighting began in the Revolutionary War.
What are Lexington and Concord?
Delegates from 12/13 colonies gathered to discuss how they should approach the British and what they should boycott.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This document was written by the second continental congress and debuted on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This act prevented Bostonians from assembling for town meetings, importing anything besides food and firewood, AND required they fix up any old buildings for British Soldiers to stay in.
What are the Intolerable Acts? (Also OK: The Coercive Acts)
He wrote the book Common Sense
Who was Thomas Paine?
This colony did not send a delegate to the first Continental Congress
What is Georgia?
The battles of Lexington and Concord are often referred to as __________________. (hint: it is the name of a section in "Spill the Tea")
What is "The Shot heard round the world"?
What kind of military tactics did the colonists use when fighting the British?
What are Guerrilla Tactics?
This act of 1767 taxed wine, fruit, glass, lead , paint, paper, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
He is often considered the first causality of the Revolution, but he was definitely the first person killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
This was the hill that overlooked Boston Harbour. It took the British three attempts to take it from the colonists.
What is Bunker Hill?
At this meeting of the minds, George Washington was put in charge of colonial troops in Boston.
What is the second Continental Congress?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
What is propaganda?