VOCABULARY
TAXATION
BOSTON MASSACRE
BOSTON TEA PARTY
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
100
to allow something to happen
tolerate
100
Why were the British in debt?
Because the war was expensive
100
What is when and where the Boston Massacre took place?
March 5, 1770 Boston, Massachusetts
100
When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
December 16, 1773
100
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Free African Sailor who was killed during the Boston Massacre
200
to refuse to have dealings with a person, country, or group
boycott
200
A tax placed on sugar, cloth goods and other articles NOT from Great Britain
the Sugar Act?
200
Why did people believe that the colonists could never defeat the British?
They had no army or navy
200
Who got on the ships in the harbor?
Colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians
200
Who defended Captain Preston?
John Adams
300
The act of taxing or charging people for public and government services
taxation
300
A tax placed on all legal and business papers as well as playing cards and dice
the Stamp Act
300
How many British Soldiers were there
8
300
What did the colonists do once they boarded the ships?
Threw more than 300 chests of tea into the sea
300
Who is Lord Grenville?
Used to be head of the Parliament and was trying to get back in
400
to remove something, especially a law
repeal
400
How did the colonists protest?
"Tar and Feather" tax collectors, burn legal documents, and refused to pay
400
What caused the fighting to begin?
someone reached out and grabbed a soldiers musket
400
What is another way the colonists stopped the tea from reaching land in Maryland
They burned it
400
Who was the captain of the British Soldiers?
Captain Preston
500
taxes on goods imported from England
Townshend Acts
500
What is "taxation without representation?"
colonists felt that they were being taxed without being represented
500
What happened to the soldiers?
They were found guilty of manslaughter
500
How did Great Britain respond to the Boston Tea Party?
they allowed to close the port of Boston to all trade, ban town meetings, and house British troops in people's homes
500
Who are the 3 patriots who wanted independence?
Sam Adams, Paul Revere, and Ben Franklin
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