Trouble on the Frontier
This 1763 law banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This 1765 law taxed printed materials like newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
British soldiers killed five colonists in this 1770 event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This 1774 meeting in Philadelphia brought colonies together to plan a united response to Britain.
What is the First Continental Congress?
He was the Patriot leader who organized the Sons of Liberty.
Who is Samuel Adams?
This Native American leader led a rebellion against British forts after the French and Indian War.
Who is Pontiac?
Colonists protested taxes by refusing to buy British goods—a strategy known as what?
What is a boycott?
Colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor in this protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonial soldiers ready to fight at a minute’s notice were called what?
Who are the Minutemen?
This lawyer defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre, showing belief in fair trials.
Who is John Adams?
This war left Britain deeply in debt and led to new colonial taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
The slogan “No taxation without representation” meant colonists wanted a voice where?
What is Parliament?
The Tea Act gave a monopoly on tea sales to what company?
What is the British East India Company?
The first shots of the Revolution were fired at this Massachusetts town.
What is Lexington?
He became commander of the Continental Army in 1775.
Who is George Washington?
British soldiers stationed in the colonies were a reminder that Britain intended to do this.
What is control or enforcing laws over the colonies?
This group formed to organize protests and spread anti-British messages.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
After the Tea Party, Britain punished Massachusetts with these harsh laws.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The early battle that proved colonists could stand against the British army.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
He declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Who is Patrick Henry?
After 1763, colonists began to believe that British rule threatened what key right?
What is self-government?
Britain repealed the Stamp Act but passed this law claiming the right to tax the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
What is the Declaratory Act?
Closing Boston Harbor and banning town meetings were part of Britain’s attempt to do what?
What is force the colonies into obedience?
Colonial militias surrounded this city after the early battles to trap British troops.
What is Boston?
This quote, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes,” was said at what famous battle?
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?