Boston Tea Party
How long were things quiet for
3 years
How many people were killed in the Boston massacre
What were the names of the two hills
Bunker hill and Breeds hill
Proclamation of 1763
Settlers could not travel west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is a minuteman
Someone who is ready to fight at a moments notice.
what happened midway into 1773
Colonists found out they were getting cheap tea
Who was Crispus Attuck
African-American bystander who was shot and killed
What hill did the British wake up to find the minutemen were on
Breeds Hill
The Stamp Act
Tax on all paper goods
What did General Prescott say to the American soldiers
"shoot when you see the whites of their eyes"
How many chests of tea did they throw into the harbor
342 chests
How did the taunting start
throwing snowballs
Who won the first round of fighting
the Americans
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar and molasses.
Who shouted "the British are coming!"
Paul Revere and William Dawes
What act did the parliament create to punish colonists
The Intolerable Act
what kind of night was it
Who lost more people in the fight
The British
Declaratory act
British could make any new laws
Where did the Patriots keep their amunition
In Concord
Native Americans
What was the loud noise everyone heard
a loud siren
What did the British discover after the fight
They discovered it would be hard to beat the Americans on their own soil
Townsend Act
-Gave soldiers the right to enter homes
-Placed tax on items before they entered the colonies
-Money was used to pay soldiers
-not allowed to assemble or gather
What did the Intolerable act declare
Soldiers are to live among the colonists
Banned Town Meetings
closed port of Boston
Stopped supplies from coming to the colonists