Tea and Crumpets
A new law requiring the colonies to buy their tea from East India was known as this.
The Tea Act
Samual Adams organized this group to lead protests against new taxes.
Sons of Liberty
Money raised from taxing the colonists would be used to help pay for this.
Defending the Colonies
On April 18, 1775, British Soldiers marched 20 miles northwest of Boston, to this town.
Concord
No one knows who was the first to fire, but the first shot was known as this.
The Shot Heard Around the World
In protest, the Sons of Liberty dumped chests of tea in the harbor. This was known as?
The Boston Tea Party
This group was formed to keep each other informed on local events.
Committees of Correspondence
Britain's law making assembly was called this.
Parliament
Like Samual Adams, this man was also a Patriot leader.
John Handcock
The British cheered for victory for there very short battle here before marching on to Concord.
Lexington
New Laws on the colonists, including the tea tariffs, soon became known as these.
Intolerable Acts
Some volunteer groups were called this because they could be ready in a minutes notice.
Minutemen
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
Stamp Act
This man is famous for warning the households about Britain's secret plan to attack. "The British are coming" The British are coming!"
Paul Revere
The women of concord helped the colonist by hiding these.
Military Supplies
Following the protests in Boston, the colony of Massachusetts was put under control of this British General.
Thomas Gage
The First Continental Congress agreed that each colony should begin training these volunteer armies.
Militias
Since the colonists did not vote for parliament, they felt they had no right to tax them. This lead to the protest quoted...
"No taxation without representation"
This shoemaker was also instrumental in warning the Colonists in Lexington and Concord.
William Dawes
The British were fired upon by militia and minutemen until the reached safety in Boston. This began the major event know as...
The Revolutionary War
These 2 groups consisted of those that who opposed British rule or those that supported King George.
Patriots and Loyalist
The first man to speak out against the King George III and defended the colonists' rights was this lawyer.
Patrick Henry
British soldiers spotted Dawes, Revere, and this man, a young doctor who escaped the British and continued to Concord to warn the militia.
Samuel Prescott
Even though this fight took place on Breed's Hill, it was known as this battle.
The Battle of Bunker Hill