People
King of England during the buildup to the American Revolutionary War.
Who is King George III?
Act of 1764 to raise revenue on sugar, molasses, and other goods as income after the French and Indian War.
What is the Sugar Act?
December 16, 1773, where tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
Refusal to buy goods.
Group formed by Samuel Adams.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Vocal leader in Boston who organized the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Samuel Adams.
Act of 1765 to raise revenue on all printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
Event that took place on March 5, 1770, killing five people.
What is the Boston Massacre?
A public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
What is a proclamation?
French explorer who claimed the Mississippi Rivers and named the territory Louisiana.
Who is Robert de la Salle?
Who is Patrick Henry?
Act passed by the Parliament forcing colonists to house British soldiers on their properties.
What is the Quartering Act?
Known as the Seven Year War.
What is the French and Indian War?
An area of land controlled by another country.
What is a territory?
Announcement of land set aside for Native Americans.
Young Lieutenant Governor of Virginia who failed to capture Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Formed after the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
A heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usually smoothbore shoulder firearm.
What is a musket.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
The leader in Philadelphia who was an organizer of the First Continental Congress.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Closed the port of Boston until the East India Company was compensated for the destroyed tea.
What is the Boston Port Act?
Expedition by the name of a French explorer who named the territory Louisiana.
What is La Salle's Expedition.
A blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
What is a bayonet?
Allowed British officials accused of crimes in the colonies to be tried in Britain, where they were likely to receive leniency.
What is the Administration of Justice Act?