Mr. Nelson
What is Mississippi?
The French and Indian War was fought between these two countries.
Who are the British and the French?
The continent where the Enlightenment started.
What is Europe?
The name of the event where 5 colonists were killed by British redcoats.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
What is propaganda?
1 of Mr. Nelson's favorite sports teams
Who are the Memphis Grizzlies, NY Giants, Ole Miss Rebels, NY Yankees, or STL Cardinals?
This man "sparked" the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
What is the 18th century?
The name of the event where the Sons of Liberty threws 92,000 pounds of a popular drink into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
True or False: Propaganda is mainly used by companies to sell something.
What is False?
The college that Mr. Nelson went to
What is Ole Miss?
The British law that kept the colonists from expanding west into Native American lands that they fought for.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The idea that all humans are born with natural rights given to them through nature and not by a government
What is natural law?
After being forced to pay taxes on tea, colonists started to _________ British goods and companies.
What is boycott?
Who is Paul Revere?
Mr. Nelson's favorite type of food
What is Mexican food?
After the war, Britain had an abundance of ______ that they forced the colonists to help pay off.
What is debt?
John Locke's 3 natural rights
What is life, liberty, and property?
The set of laws that included the initial tax on tea that was repealed within 3 years due to tension.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Mr. Nelson originally wanted to be this when he grew up (Hint: space).
What is an astronomer?
The British started taxing _______ to fix the debt they had after the war.
What is paper, glass, tea, etc?
The idea that the will of the people as a whole gives power and direction to the government
What is popular sovereignty?
The set of laws forced onto Boston only after the orchestration of the Boston Tea Party. These laws closed the port of Boston, instituted the Quartering Act, and more.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The purpose of Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre.
What is to paint the British as aggressors, evil, "Butchers" or persuade people to join the patriots against the British?