Taxes
Passed in 1765, this act placed a direct tax on printed materials in the colonies, including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
This famous 4-word slogan expressed colonial anger over paying British taxes without having a voice in Parliament.
"No taxation without representation"
This percentage of the colonial population were Patriots
40-45
Which colony did the Boston massacre take place in?
Massachusetts
What body of water was the tea dumped into?
Boston Harbor
This series of 1767 acts taxed imported goods such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Acts
Founded by Samuel Adams and others, this secret organization led active protests and resistance against British taxation.
Sons of Liberty
This percentage of the colonial population were Loyalists
20
What was the name of the lawyer who represented the soldiers in court?
John Adams
What group organized and carried out the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty
Passed to help save the struggling East India Company, this 1773 act gave the company a virtual monopoly on colonial tea sales.
Tea Act
Groups of colonial women who organized boycotts, wove homespun cloth, and supported resistance efforts were known by this name.
Daughters of Liberty
The form of public humiliation that Loyalists were often subjected to in the streets
Tarring and Feathering
How many people died in the Boston Massacre?
5
The organizers of the Boston tea Party disguised themselves as WHAT at the event?
Mohawk Native American Indians
Passed in 1764, this law lowered the tax on foreign molasses but strictly enforced custom duties to combat colonial smuggling.
Sugar Act
The form of protest where sailors and merchants tried to go around British laws to trade with whoever they wanted
Smuggling
What event caused many neutralists in Massachusetts to switch to the Patriot cause
The Intolerable Acts
Who's famous engraving became a symbol of Patriot propaganda?
Paul Revere
How many crates of tea were dumped into the water?
342
Navigation Acts
The main protest event that happened on December 16th, 1773 that invloved the Sons of Liberty dumping 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party
The group known as Loyalists were loyal to the King and what British government body?
Parliament
What was the name of the street where the Boston Massacre took place?
King Street
What were the two main rules that Intolerable Acts introduced to the colony of Massachusetts?
1. Colonists must house soldiers
2. Boston Harbor was closed until all damages were paid