Mixed Bag
Tax Acts
Famous Peeps
Revolutionary Vocab
Mixed Bag 2
100
This event was the major cause of the development of bad relations between American colonists and Great Britain.
What is French/Indian War
100
This British tax placed a tax on molasses, which limited the colonial rum supply
What is sugar act
100
This was the term for the murder of 5 protesting colonists by British troops
What is the Boston Massacre
100
This is an act of refusing to purchase, or be a patron to something you are protesting
What is boycott
100
During the Boston Tea Party colonists dressed up in this disguise.
What is Indians/Native Americans
200
This was a protest group led by Samuel Adams that found ways to disrupt the British in Boston.
What are sons of liberty
200
This act required a special government marking on all printed materials sold in the colonies.
What is stamp act
200
He was an African-American/Native American colonist, and first casualty of the coming Revolutionary War.
Who is Crispus Attucks
200
This is biased information or exaggerated news used to influence people
What is propaganda
200
The Intolerable Acts were also known in history as the:
What is Coercive Acts
300
This was a derogatory (slang) word for British soldiers in the American colonies
What is lobsterbacks
300
This act required colonists to house British soldiers in their own homes
What is quartering act
300
This attorney defended the soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams
300
This term means the act of removing a previous law.
What is repeal
300
These laws allowed the British to search, board, or occupy a dwelling or ship that they believed might have smuggled goods inside.
What is Writs of Assistance
400
This is a term for money the British government generated through taxation.
What is revenue
400
This act collected taxes for the colonists to pay the salaries of British officials to enforce laws in the colonies.
What is Townshend acts
400
This was the King of England during the years before and after the Revolutionary War
Who was King George III
400
This is a term for a volunteer, or citizen soldiers called up in an emergency
What is militia
400
This is the term for one company owning ALL the rights to a product/service
What is a monopoly
500
This famous patriots (smugglers) ship was seized by the British Navy, and started the Liberty Affair.
What is John Hancock
500
These acts were passed in order for the British to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Intolerable Acts
500
Colonists burned dressed up figures made to look like British tax collectors or the English King. They were known as____________________.
What is effigies
500
This was a communication link between the colonies using writing messages between cities to encourage Revolution against British forces
What are Committees of Correspondence
500
This act restricted the colonists to purchases by only the British East India Co.
What is Tea Act
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