Lesson 1
Who was the young lawyer that spoke out against the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry
What is the Britain's law-making assembly called?
Parliament
What took place on March 5, 1770, when a group of soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists?
Boston Massacre
Who were the people that remained loyal to the British Government?
Loyalists
How many British Soldiers were killed or wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
more than 1,000
What year did Parliament vote to take away or repeal the Stamp Act?
1766
Who became the important leader in uniting people to oppose the Stamp Act?
Samuel Adams
Who was the "express rider" that made the trip from Boston to New York?
Paul Revere
What were the Acts called that forced the colonists of Boston to follow new rules, and punished them severely?
Intolerable Acts
How many British soldiers marched from Boston to Concord to seize and destroy militia military supplies?
700
What Act placed a tax on printed material?
Stamp Act
Who called for the Townshend Acts?
Charles Townshend
Who were the people that opposed British Rule?
Patriots
What was the group that disguised themselves as Mohawks, boarded ships and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?
Sons of Liberty
What was the war called that Americans fought for their independence from Britain?
American Revolution
What idea did King George III support to get money from the colonist?
taxing
Who was the lawyer that defended the British soldiers who were put on trial for murder?
John Adams
Who made the most famous speech of his career on March 1775, when he warned Virginia's militias to prepare for battle?
Patrick Henry
Who was the important Patriot leader with Samuel Adams in Boston?
John Hancock
What battle did the British win, but it was costly for them?
Battle of Bunker Hill
What group did Adams organize that led protests against the new tax?
Sons of Liberty
What committee did Samuel Adams form in Boston in 1772?
Committee of Correspondence
What was the group in Parliament called that met in Philadelphia, and had a representative from every colony except Georgia?
First Continental Congress
Who was the shoemaker that snuck past the British Guards and spread the warning that the British were coming toward Lexington?
William Dawes
What Patriot colonel led 1200 men up the hills of Charleston?
William Prescott