Revo-cabulary
Colonist
People who live in a colony.
What was one of the punishments if a colonist was caught purchasing British goods during the boycott?
Tar and Feathers
This Act required colonists to provide housing and supplies for the British soldiers.
Quartering Act
What is a question to ask about a Primary Source?
What do you notice?
What type of document?
Who created it?
When and where was it made?
Why was it created?
Who was the King of England during the Revolutionary War?
King George III
Loyalist
Colonists who supported the British Monarch and Laws.
These soldiers were expected to be ready to fight at a moment's notice.
Minutemen
This Act placed a hidden tax on everyday items like lead, paint, paper, glass and tea.
Townshend Acts 1767
Give an example of a Secondary Source.
Dictionary
Textbooks
Biographies
Newspaper Articles
Books that analyze
The colonies were part of this Empire.
British
Militia
Volunteer Army
This firearm was most common during the Revolutionary War.
Musket
Restricted colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods.
Navigation Acts
What are three ways History texts can be structured?
Chronological
Cause and Effect
Problem-Solution
This place was where Sons of Liberty held their public meetings.
Liberty Tree
Parliament
Part of the British Government in which members make laws for the British People.
What did the protestors dress up as during the Boston Tea Party?
Native Americans
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
What are the three lenses you should carry when reading History?
Who, Where, When
When was Paul Revere's Midnight Ride?
April 18, 1775
Boycott
Refusal to buy goods or services
War between Britain vs. France and the Indians over disputed territory in the Americas.
French and Indian War
British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War.
Sugar Act
What is a good strategy to use when conquering harder texts?
Start with an easier version first.
This person switched sides and fought for the British during the American Revolution.
Benedict Arnold