Important People
Major Events
British Taxes and Actions
The Boston Tea Party
Mystery Category...
100
This man led a Native American rebellion against the British after the French and Indian War.
Who is Pontiac?
100
This war was fought between the French and British for control of North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This act placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other important goods.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
This event occurred in this city in Massachusetts.
What is Boston?
100
This act forced colonists to have an official seal for all paper documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This man was the King of England during this time.
Who is King George III?
200

This event occurred in Boston on March 5, 1770. It was a major catalyst in swaying the minds of colonists to become patriots. 

What is the Boston Massacre?

200
This act forced the colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
200
The British repealed all taxes on the colonies except for this one, on this product.
What is tea?
200
This city was the center of many of the important events in the lead up to the American Revolution.
What is Boston?
300
This man defended the British soldiers accused of murder during the Boston Massacre trial.
Who is John Adams?
300

American colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians as a disguise during this action.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

300

This act put a tax on all printed goods.

What is the Stamp Act?

300
American colonists dressed as this group of people to disguise themselves.
What are Mohawk Indians?
300
Name one direct result of the French and Indian War on American-British relations.
What is new taxes or the Proclamation of 1763?
400

This man was a patriot in Boston and claimed that the British soldiers were guilty of murder. He supported independence from Britain. He was the founder of the Committee of Correspondence and a major contributor to the Sons of Liberty.

Who is Samuel Adams?

400

The Sons of Liberty did this to tax collectors to try to scare them.

What is tar and feathering?

What is burning in effigy?

400
This law stated that American colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
400

Who was the governor in Boston who wanted to unload the tea?

Who is Hutchinson?

400
Explain the phrase "taxation without representation."
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500

This man was a member of the Sons of Liberty. He etched a famous drawing of the Boston Massacre that showed the British soldiers as heartless killers in the Boston Massacre.

Who is Paul Revere?

500

The Boston Massacre had a huge effect on the colonists' views of the English monarchy. The event itself was not the cause of the shift, however. The Sons of Liberty used specific tactics to shape the views of the event in the colonists' minds. 

What is propaganda?

500
This act taxed goods such as paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
500
After the Boston Tea Party, the British imposed these acts which forced colonists to pay for the tea, moved capital of Massachusetts from Boston to Salem, and other such measures.
What are the Coercive Acts?
500

Describe why the colonists felt the need to become independent from Britain.

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