Crisis in Boston
Acts
Battles
Important Documents
Vocabulary
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The name of the African American sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks
100
The Boston Tea Party occurred because of the...
What is the Tea Act & Boston Massacre
100
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill
Who is Britain
100
The main purpose of the Declaration of Independence...
What is to say the colonies were free of British rule
100
An army made up of ordinary citizens
What is a militia
200
The group of Patriots who led the Boston Tea Party
Who is the Sons of Liberty
200
How did most colonists react to the Tea Act?
What is they felt angry and refused to buy tea
200
Most of the fighting occurred on this hill...
Where is Breed's Hill
200
The document that stated that they only option was independence from Britain...
What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense
200
A piece of land that juts out into a body of water
What is a peninsula
300
The British soldiers feared for their safety in Boston so they...
What is fired on the colonists
300
This Act was passed as a punishment for the Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts
300
Who rode out to warn the colonists that the British were coming?
Who is Paul Revere & William Dawes
300
The document written to seek a peaceful agreement with King George...
What is the Olive Branch Petition
300
A person chosen to represent a group of people
What is a delegate
400
After events in Boston, to gain support for their cause, colonists...
What is called the events in Boston a massacre
400
What were 2 of the Intolerable Acts?
What is closed Boston Harbor, Britain appointed government, no private meetings, and colonists had to quarter troops
400
When the British soldiers were marching back to Boston...
What is hidden minutemen fired at them
400
The signers of the Declaration were guilty of....
What is treason
400
A written request signed by many people
What is a petition
500
The fighting most likely began is Massachusetts instead of other colonies because...
What is there were many soldiers there due to the massacre and tea party
500
The Intolerable Acts split the colonies into two groups...
What is patriots and loyalists
500
In what way did the colonists win Bunker Hill?
What is they had less casualties
500
Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are referred to as...
What are the unalienable rights
500
Information used to win support for a cause
What is propaganda
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