Vocabulary
The abuse of power
What is tyranny
He was elected to be the commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
The state where Lexington and Concord are located.
What is Massachusettes
This act made colonists pay tax on anything made of paper.
What is the Stamp Act
The city where the Second Continental Congress was held
What is Philadelphia
To approve a law
ratify
He was a Patriot leader from Boston who created the engraved print called The Bloody Massacre
Who is Paul Revere
These were used to signal that the British army was on the move.
What were laterns
This act said that colonists had to provide British soldiers with housing and food
What is the Quartering Act
Percentage of colonists in 1775 who supported Britain.
What is 20 %
A tax on goods
duty
He was a diplomat, an inventor, a writer, and the first post master general of the United States. Also, he created the Join or Die political cartoon.
The Patriot famous for his midnight ride to warn the colonists that the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere
The Boston Tea Party was a result of this act
What is the Tea Act
He wrote the pamphlet Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine
A group of elected law makers in Britain
Parliament
He was the King of England during this time period.
Who is King George III
The two Patriot leaders the British wanted arrested.
Who were John Hancock and Samuel Adams
These acts placed duties on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint.
What are the Townshend Acts
Area of land east of the Appalachian Mountains that the French and Indian War was fought over
What is the Ohio River Valley
Milita men were called this because of how quickly they could get ready to fight
What is minutement
The name of the group of colonial women who contributed significantly to the anti-British movement.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty
He was the British governor who ordered troops to seize Patriot weapons
Who is Governon Gage
The British called them the Coersive Acts, but the colonists called them this
What are the Intolerable Acts
A punishment used to hurt and humilate tax collectors; one man was even set on fire after this had been done to him