Lesson 1a
Lesson 1b
Lesson 2
Lesson 3 and Vocab.
Vocabulary
100
The Stamp Act
What is the law that made the colonists pay a tax on all printed materials?
100
They protested by forming groups, burning stamps, and scaring stamp agents.
How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?
100
The colonists had to feed and house British soldiers; the port of Boston was closed; and Massachusetts was put under the control of a British general.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
100
The British won this battle.
What is The Battle of Bunker Hill?
100
A volunteer army.
What is "militia"?
200
To help pay the costs to defend the colonies.
Why did Great Britain decide to make the colonists pay taxes in the first place?
200
The colonists decided to boycott imported British goods.
How did the colonists protest the Townshend Acts?
200
British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five people.
What happened during the Boston Massacre?
200
Concord and Lexington
Where did the first fighting of the Revolutionary War take place?
200
The organized refusal to buy goods.
What is a "boycott"?
300
The Sons of Liberty
What was the name of the group who led the protests of the Stamp Act?
300
The colonists started to unite because of this.
What was the effect of British taxation on the colonies?
300
They wrote to each other about local events and share news of protests.
What is the "Committees of Correspondence"?
300
A tax on imported goods.
What is a tariff?
300
Colonists who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.
What is a "loyalist"?
400
No taxation without representation!
What was a popular cry to protest the taxes on the colonists?
400
This group which met in Philadelphia stopped all trade with Britain and began training militias
What is the First Continental Congress?
400
This was passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
400
To cancel.
What is "repeal"?
400
Colonial militia groups that could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
What are "minutemen"?
500
These were taxes that had to be paid on everyday items imported from Britain such as paper, wool, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?
500
This is when the colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
What was the Boston Tea Party?
500
This is what colonists did to protest the Tea Act and taxes on tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
A colonist who opposed British rule.
What is a "Patriot"?
500
The lawyer who was famous for saying "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
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