General Knowledge
What was the Albany Plan of Union for?
an attempt to unite the colonies
What did the Stamp Act tax?
paper products like playing cards
Name a leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams and John Hancock
Why were the Intolerable Acts passed?
Retaliation to the Boston Tea Party
What colony did the Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre happen in?
Massachusetts
What does the phrase, "No Taxation without Representation," mean?
The colonists shouldn't be getting taxed without a say in parliament
What is Parliament?
The legislative or governing house of Great Britain
What did the sons of liberty do?
responsible for protesting the British, sometimes violently
What did the Boston Port Act do?
Closed the port of Boston
What colony was the House of Burgesses in?
Virginia
What is a boycott and why was it an effective form of protest?
Not buying something from a person, corporation, or country as a form of punishment.
Made them lose profits
What tax did the British not repeal of the Townshend Acts?
Tea
What is Tarring and Feathering
pouring molten hot tar on a tax collector and then throwing chicken feathers on them
What was the colonial response to the Intolerable Acts
Calling the first Continental Congress
What colony did not come to the First Continental Congress?
Georgia
What is a Committee of Correspondence
groups of colonial leaders who wrote letters to each other to discuss the British and responses to them
What did the proclamation of 1763 do and why were colonists made about it?
Stop the colonists from moving out west
What does it mean to hang a tax collector in effigy and why would they do it?
A bag of clothes made to look like a person with the words "Tax Collector" written on it, where it was hanged in front of homes or the Liberty Tree.
It was used to intimidate Tax Collectors
What was the Quartering Act
Forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers
What Battles started the revolution
(Name Both)
Lexington and Concord
3 ways Paul Revere's picture of the Boston Massacre differs from the actual events and how is it a form of propaganda?
day and not night
no gun in the window
colonists seem innocent
no snow or ice
commander ordering them to fire
the soldiers look happy
no confusion among the soldiers
What are the 5 main items taxed by the Townshend Acts
Glass, Paint, Lead, Paper, Tea, also Wine
What type of people made up the Sons of Liberty
Workers and Tradesmen and commoners
(Not Leaders!)
Which act made it so British officials would be tried for crimes in England instead?
The Administration of Justice Act
Name all 13 colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia