Acts
Tax on imported molasses and sugar
Sugar Act
The first martyr of the revolution
Crispus Attucks
Colonial men dressed as Mohawk natives dumbed 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
What is propaganda?
Media designed to influence public opinion
Tea Act
Quartering Act
Carved propaganda following the Boston Massacre
Paul Revere
Boston Massacre
What is a patriot?
Someone who believed the colonies should be independent
Tax on printed goods
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
A colonial group that organized protests and boycotts
Sons of Liberty
What was the main purpose of the First Continental Congress?
Organize colonial response to the Intolerable Acts
What is a loyalist?
Someone who believed the colonies should stay under the British crown?
Gave Parliament complete control over the laws of the colonies
Declaratory Act
Closed Boston harbor after the Boston Tea Party
Boston Port Act
"This meeting can do nothing more to save this country"
Samuel Adams
Which event led to British debt, resulting in taxes on the colonies?
French and Indian War
Why were the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party important to the people of the colonies building up to revolution?
It helped to unify the colonists around one specific cause and demonstrated the power they have when working together
Ended local democracy in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Government Act
British soldiers could be tried for crimes in England as opposed to the colonies.
Administration of Justice Act
Defended the Redcoats after the Boston Massacre
John Adams
Land ownership, wealth, trade opportunity
Allowed governors to take ownership of empty public buildings to house British forces
The Quartering Act