Topic 1
Who lead the Sons Of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
What was the event where Americans dressed like natives and dumped tea into a British harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
When British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists?
Boston Masscare
Fort Duquesne was in...
Pittsburgh
Who was the first person shot in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What name was given to the group of colonist still supporting Britain?
Loyalists
What war between two nations made England impose taxes on colonists in order to pay off debts?
The French and Indian War
What were taxes placed on with the Townshend Acts?
Glass, Lead, Paint, Paper
To protest by refusing to buy a good or service.
Boycott
When was the Townshend Act passed?
1767
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
Protect the colonists and give land to the Indians
The main reason for the Boston Tea Party:
Protest the Tea Act
The group formed to organize protests against British taxation...
The Sons of Liberty
Result of the First Continental Congress:
A letter of grievances was sent to King George
What caused the Boston Tea Party.
Taxation without representation.
What name was given to people supporting the protesters and rebellion?
Patriots
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1774 where delegates wrote a letter of complaints to King George the III
The First Continental Congress
Which law required colonists to house British Troops?
The Quartering Act
The outcome of the French and Indian War...
The British went deeply into debt
What was dumped and how much was dumped into a harbor in Boston
342 chests of tea (about a million dollars worth today-92 000 pounds)
The Stamp Act forced colonists to pay a tax on :
Printed paper products
How did Parliament punish the colonists in Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Which part of the British government passes laws?
Parliament
What the colonists did in response to the Stamp Act?
Formed the Stamp Act Congress and boycotted British goods
Who closed the Boston Harbor?
King George III / Parliament