Vocabulary
A killing of many people is called...
Massacre
When did the Boston Massacre take place?
March 5, 1770 (evening/night)
When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
Night of December 16, 1773
What is Patrick Henry's famous quote from his speech delivered in a church in Virginia in March of 1775?
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Lexington and Concord
Names for three types of colonists:
A. Those who sided with England
B. Those who opposed Britain and wanted change
C. Those who were undecided
A. Loyalists
B. Patriots
C. Neutral
Who was Crispus Attucks?
An escaped slave who was killed during the Boston Massacre
Explain how the Tea Act worked?
Colonists could only buy tea from the East India Company (a British company). The price of tea was lowered by the tax made the tea more expensive.
True or False: The First Continental Congress hoped to find a peaceful compromise to stop the problems between England and the colonists.
True
Who were the two men who traveled by horse to warn the colonists that the British were heading to Lexington and Concord looking for weapons and Samuel Adams and John Hancock?
Paul Revere and William Dawes
Under the control of military or being policed by soldiers
Martial Law
True or False: John Adams (future 2nd president of the USA) defended the British soldiers who were on trial for murder after the Boston Massacre.
True
How did the Sons of Liberty protest the Tea Act?
They disguised themselves and snuck onto 3 British ships that were carrying tea in the Boston Harbor. They then dumped the 342 chests of tea into the harbor, which ruined the tea.
What were the three parts of the Intolerable Acts?
1. Colonists needed to quarter British soldiers. That means they had to give them food and shelter.
2. Massachusetts was put under the control of the British military (martial law).
3. Boston Harbor was blockaded until they paid for the tea that had been destroyed in the Tea Party.
How did the colonists defeat the British soldiers in Concord?
1. There were more colonists than soldiers.
2. The colonists fought in an untraditional way that the soldiers were not expecting. They hid behind trees and walls instead of marching in formal, straight lines.
To give food and shelter to
Quarter
1. Who created the famous image on page 152?
2. Why is it not accurate?
1. Paul Revere
2. It looks like the colonists are not doing anything wrong and the soldiers are shooting for no reason. PROPAGANDA!
They passed the Intolerable Acts.
What did the First Continental Congress decide to do in response to the Intolerable Acts? (3 things)
What is a militia?
-Stop all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.
- Ask King George III to help solve problems with taxes.
-Each colony would train a militia who would be ready to fight just in case.
A militia is a volunteer army made of people who are not professional soldiers.
Why did the Patriots lose the battle of Breed's Hill/Bunker Hill?
They ran out of ammunition!