To refuse to buy or use certain goods or services.
What is boycott?
100
This law let the British East India Company bypass tea merchants and sell directly to the colonists.
What is the Tea Act?
100
After the Stamp Act was passed, the colonists took these different types of action in order to protest the law.
What is sign petitions and boycott British goods?
100
This group does not agree with the king's and Parliament's laws like the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts. (Also an NFL team)
Who are the Patriots?
100
This famous phrase was the defense/reason used by the colonists to protest against any taxes that were passed.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
200
To cancel.
What is repeal?
200
This law placed new duties on legal documents and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
After the Tea Act was passed, the Sons of Liberty decided to take this action, a violent act of protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This group does not want to separate from England. It consists of people who support the king and Parliament.
Who are the Loyalists?
300
Formal written request to someone in authority that is signed by a group of people.
What is a petition?
300
Protest in which colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped British tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
After the Boston Massacre, five colonists were dead. The soldiers were put on trial afterward and defended by this man.
Who is John Adams?
300
As a Son of Liberty, he is one of the primary organizers of the committees of correspondence. Also, he organized protests and rallies against British policies.
Who is Sam Adams?
400
Legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason.
What is writ of assistance?
400
This law forbid the English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
400
After the Boston Massacre, this is what happened to the soldiers involved (did they receive any punishment?).
What is the soldiers received minimal punishment.
400
This group was the main force behind the Boston Tea Party. Also, it organized boycotts and petitions as well as committees of correspondence. Famous members: Paul Revere, Sam Adams, John Adams, and John Hancock
What is the Sons of Liberty?
500
Letter writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies.
What is committee of correspondence?
500
These laws taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
What is the Townshend Acts?
500
After the Boston Massacre, Sam Adams organized these groups in order to get news out to other colonists about events in Massachusetts.
What are committees of correspondence?
500
This group kept their muskets at hand, ready to fight at a moment's notice.