People
Events
Acts
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
First "casualty" of the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks
100
300 chests, 90,000 pounds of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
100
This act raised taxes more money from the Americas on sugar and cloth goods.
What is the Sugar Act
100
To remove something especially a law
What is "repeal"
100
This was a form of protest that was used against the tax collectors
What is "Tar and feather"
200
I was the British Prime Minister who created the British Tea Tax. A "duty" paid by the colonists for incoming tea products.
Who is Lord Frederick North
200
The angry Bostonians gathered and began throwing snowballs and other things at the British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre
200
Passed in 1764, this made it illegal for the colonists to print their own money
What is the currency act
200
To refuse dealings with a person, country, or group
What is "Boycott"
200
The first acknowledged African poet
Who is Phyllis Wheatley
300
We rode to warn of the impending British attacks. The famous line "The British are coming, the British are coming". There were 3 of us.
Who were Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott
300
Held in September 1774 people such as Samuel Adams, George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams and John Jay were delegates debates issues for 7 weeks, they created a Declaration of Rights. Which stated that British taxation was unacceptable to the colonists.
What is the 1st Continental Congress
300
The colonists must provide housing and goods to the British Soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
300
Tax placed on certain goods brought into a certain place
What is a "duty"
300
The only colony to NOT send a delegate to the 1st continental congress
What is Georgia
400
A Massachusetts legislator, I led the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams
400
Major Pitcairn of the British army led soldiers to Lexington on April 18th, 1775 he was surprised to to find 70 minutemen waiting for them. Both sides fired and these were lated named...
What is "The shots heard 'round the world"
400
This allowed the British to tax legal and business papers
What is the Stamp Act
400
To establish a rule or law, such as a tax, on a group with lesser power
What is "impose"
400
Chales Mason and Jeremiah Dixon created a boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania between 1763 and 1767. This is called...?
What is "the Mason / Dixon line
500
Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1763, I found it necessary to get more money from the American Colonies. I passed the Sugar Act.
Who is George Grenville
500
Chief Pontiac knew that more american land was going to be lost to the British, he organized Indian tribes to attack colonial forts, this led to the....
What is The Proclaimation of 1763
500
Passed in 1767, it reduced the colonists freedom to govern themselves. New taxes were placed on items such as glass, paper, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts
500
Money gained from something
What is "revenue"
500
The British after tar and feathering and boycotting repealed all but one tax. Which one was this?
What is The Tea Tax
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