People & Groups
This protest group met under the Liberty Tree and opposed British taxes.
The Sons of Liberty
This law taxed paper goods in the colonies.
The Stamp Act was repealed in this year.
1766
British soldiers were nicknamed this because of their uniforms.
Redcoats or Lobster tails
“No taxation without representation!” is an example of this.
protest slogan
This man created an engraving of a deadly Boston incident.
Paul Revere
This event involved British soldiers firing into a crowd.
Boston Massacre
These acts taxed goods like tea.
Townshend Acts
About this many colonists gathered during the Boston Massacre.
about 300
Colonists dressed as this group during the Tea Party.
Native Americans
This poet wrote a tribute to the king after the Stamp Act repeal.
Phillis Whealey
This protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested because they lacked this in Parliament.
Representation
Colonists threw these at soldiers before shots were fired.
snowballs or rocks
This item became symbolic of protest against taxes.
Tea
This man was was won of the people killed in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
This war was fought by Isaac Barré and George Washington.
French and Indian War
Buying British tea meant supporting this idea.
Parliaments right to tax the colonists
This harbor became the site of a major protest.
Boston Harbor
Five colonists died in this tragic event.
Boston Massacre
This Irish politician inspired the name “Sons of Liberty.”
Isaac Barré
This battle saw Barré help defeat the French.
The Battle of Quebec
Colonists responded by refusing to buy British goods—this is called a…
The tea dumped into the harbor totaled about this many chests.
340
This event involved colonists destroying British property to protest taxation and became one of the most famous acts of rebellion.
Boston Tea Party