Tea Act/Party P1
Tea Act/Party P2
Continental Congress
Declaration P1
Misc.
100
As part of the punishment for the Boston Tea Party, British Parliament created a new version of this act, which now stated British soldiers could live in unoccupied homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
100
This image of the Boston Tea Party contains several inaccuracies to make the event seem more Patriotic than it actually was. This intentional spread of misinformation to influence the viewer's viewpoint makes it an example of what?
What is propaganda?
100
The First Continental Congress was called to help this colony, which was facing harsh punishments from the British.
What is Massachusetts?
100
The Declaration was created and signed at this meeting.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
100
Who was the British King during the American Revolution?
Who is King George III?
200
The Boston Tea Party led British Parliament to pass a series of acts targeting Boston, known collectively as this:
What are the Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts?
200
Britain closed this port until the cost of the tea dumped was payed off.
What is Boston Harbor?
200
The Second Continental Congress was created after these two battles, seen as the first battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
200
The Declaration of Independence was written by this founding father, who came to hate what he viewed was a tyrannical British government.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
In response to Britain, the colonies organized these protests around the colonies which involved intentionally not purchasing British goods.
What are boycotts?
300
This group, led by Samuel Adams, organized the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
300
One reason the Tea Act angered colonists is because it kept the old tea tax from this set of acts named after a member of British Parliament.
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
Both Continental Congresses were held in this city, which became the capital during the Revolutionary War.
What is Philadelphia?
300
The Declaration argues that all men are endowed with these THREE natural rights that were largely inspired by John Locke, though with one notable change.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
300
This man was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army at the Second Continental Congress.
Who is George Washington?
400
The Tea Act meant Britain had sole possession of the trade of tea in the American colonies, which is also known by economics term:
What is a monopoly?
400
To protect their identities, the participants of the Boston Tea Party dressed as members of this Native American tribe.
What are the Mohawk?
400
This colony did not participate in the First Continental Congress, but they did send delegates to the second.
What is Georgia?
400
By far the largest section of the Declaration is the colonists' list of formal complaints, also known by this term.
What are Grievances?
400
This document was created in 1777 and became the colonies' government during the American Revolution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
500
The Tea Act was designed to sell this company's tea in the colonies.
What is the British East India Company?
500
This is the number of crates of tea dumped into the Boston Harbor, totaling over $1,000,000 in today's money.
What is 342?
500
The Second Continental Congress issued this document, seen as the last attempt at peace with Britain.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
500
This is the section of the Declaration where the colonists actually declare independence.
What is the conclusion/resolution?
500
While the Second Continental Congress is known for the Declaration of Independence, the First Continental Congress also issued its own declaration written by John Adams, known as this:
What is the Declaration of Rights/Resolves?