British Control
This act required colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The Sons of Liberty used propaganda about this March 5, 1770, event to arouse resistance to British authority.
What is the Boston Massacre?
During the Revolution, these were the people who sided with the rebels.
Who are the Patriots?
Who said, " Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
This famous group was created to oppose British policies.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
This act, passed by Parliament, was a tax on trade.
What is the Sugar Act?
This man, a leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty, led opposition to the Townshend Acts.
Who is Samuel Adams?
During the Revolution, these were the people who sided with the British.
Who are the Loyalists?
What did the colonists throw at the soldiers in the Boston Massacre?
ice, oyster shells, snowballs, clubs
This man created a famous engraving of the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
What is the meaning behind the political cartoon "Join or Die"? What does the snake represent?
The colonies need to join together in order to defeat the British. If they don't join, they will be easily defeated and lose the fight for independence.
This man defended the redcoats involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
These laws were called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists.
What are the Coercive Acts?
These are rights the government cannot take away. The Declaration of Independence is based on them.
What are inalienable rights?
During the Boston Tea Party, colonists disguised themselves as these people.
Who are Native Americans?
______ taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and deck of cards
stamp act
This man, along with four others, died in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
This man became famous for spreading the word about the British troops' movements.
Who is Paul Revere?
This man was chosen to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
Why were the American Colonists taxed after the French and Indian War?
Britain was in debt and needed money
__________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
This event happened as a response to the Tea Act. The cargoes of British ships were thrown overboard.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These members of the militia were trained to be ready at a moment's notice.
Who are the Minutemen?
How many people died in the Boston massacre?
12
Benedict Arnold