Events #1
The law that put a tax on any printed materials, like cards, newspapers or contracts.
What is the stamp act?
The event in which Britain came to defend the colonies against the French.
What was the French and Indian War?
To take back a law
What is repeal?
The person who road through Concord to let the colonists know the British were marching toward town.
Who was Paul Revere?
The event that brought Britain into the colonies to defend their land.
What was the French and Indian War?
The time when colonists dumped a shipload of tea in the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
In this decision the King drew a line along the Appalachian Mountains to dived the colonists and the Natives.
What was The Proclamation of 1763?
A group of rebels who planned protests including dumping tea into the ocean.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The person who was a leader in the rebel movement and was outspoken about being against taxation without representation.
Who was Samuel Adams?
The first act that taxed the colonists on anything printed.
What is the Stamp Act?
The event that closed Boston Harbor and forbid the colonial government from meeting.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The event in which representatives from the colonies chose to not buy British goods.
What was the First Continental Congress?
The slogan or phrase used by colonists to show their anger over decisions made by Parliament
What was "no taxation without representation?"
The person who was the oldest to sign the Declaration of Independence and created the "Join or Die" slogan.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The event that led to the Townshend Acts as a punishment for the city of Boston.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The event in which 3 colonists were killed by British soldiers.
What was the Boston Massacre?
The event in which a colonist alerted the townspeople that the British were going to claim all their ammunition.
What was Paul Revere's Midnight Ride?
A colonist who was loyal to the King and England.
What was a Loyalist?
This person was a ship owner and the one to sign the Declaration the largest and in the middle.
Who was John Hancock?
The event in which a radical group of rebels destroyed tea to protest the laws.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The town in which the first shots were fired between colonists and British soldiers.
What was Lexington?
The event that put taxes on glass, paper, lead, and tea.
What was the Townshend Act?
to take back or make something go away, especially in law.
What is repeal?
This person was killed by the British soldiers outside the tax collector's office in Boston.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
The group of people who decided how to protest and voted to create a militia.
Who was the First Continental Congress?