Ch 5 Lesson 2
In 1768, British Officials sent word to Britain that the colonies were on the brink of _________—a rejection of British authority.
rebellion
After one soldier was knocked down, the nervous redcoats fired. They killed ____ colonists.
five
Troubled by the growing opposition in the colonies, Parliament ________ all the taxes imposed by the _________ Acts on British imported goods, except the one on tea.
repealed;Townshend
The Boston _______________ acted swiftly. At midnight on December 16, colonists dressed as _______________ boarded the ships and threw ___ chests of tea overboard.
Sons of Liberty;Native Americans;342
Parliament sent ______ to Boston.
troops
Among the dead was _______________.
Crispus Attucks
1772 ___________ revived the Boston committee of correspondence, a group used in earlier protests.
Samuel Adams
As word of the "________________" spread, colonists gathered to celebrate the bold act.
Boston Tea Party
Colonists called them ________
redcoats
The colonists called the tragic encounter "the _______________."
Boston Massacre
Soon committees of correspondence sprang up throughout the colonies, _________ ________ the colonists against British measures.
united or bringing
When news of the Boston Tea Party reached London, King George III realized that Britain was ______________ of the colonies. This caused Parliament to pass a series of laws called the _____________.
losing control;Coercive Acts
On March 5, 1770, a _____ broke out between some Bostonians and soldiers.
fight
Colonial leaders used the killings as __________—information designed to influence opinion.
propaganda
To help save the company and protect the British economy, Parliament passed the _______.
Tea Act
What are some things that the Coercive Acts did?
a. Forced the colonists to let _______________________________.
b. One banned town meetings in _____________
c. Another closed the _____________
British Soldiers live among the colonists;Massachusetts;Boston Harbor
The angry townspeople surged forward and they began __________________________ at the soldiers.
throwing sticks and stones
Paul Revere made an engraving that showed a _______ officer giving the order to open fire on an orderly crowd.
British
In 1773, _____ ships loaded with tea arrived in Boston Harbor.
three
They expressed their feelings about the laws by calling them the ________________.
Intolerable Acts