The Boston Tea Party was the colonists' answer to this Act.
What was the Tea Act?
100
The conflict in the streets of Boston between British soldiers & colonists that resulted in the death of Crispus Attucks and 4 other men.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
The Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
100
While the colonists called the Loyalists, Tories, the British called the Patriots these.
What are Rebels?
100
The King of England during the American Revolution.
Who was King George III?
200
The Act that required a tax be paid on all printed materials.
What was the Stamp Act?
200
The two towns where the first battles of the Revolution were fought.
What are Lexington & Concord?
200
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
Patriot Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to help people understand why they should support the Revolution.
What was the Common Sense?
200
The town where the First & Second Continental Congresses held their meetings.
What is Philadelphia?
300
This Act demanded that colonists allow British soldiers to live in their homes.
What was the Quartering Act?
300
This battle, fought on Breed's Hill, was a British victory.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
300
One of the 4 members of the committee to help write the Declaration besides the main author.
Who was Benjamin Franklin? (John Adams, Roger Sherman, or Robert Livingston)
300
The leader of the secret society, The Sons of Liberty.
Who was Sam Adams?
300
An organization formed to establish communication & exchange information between colonies.
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
400
One of the Townshend Acts, these documents gave British soldiers the right to search your house.
What were writs of assistance?
400
The document sent to the king asking him to keep peace between them.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
400
A wealthy financier of the Revolution, he signed his name on the Declaration of Independence large enough so the king could see it without his glasses.
Who was John Hancock?
400
The patriot who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
400
The crime each man committed when he signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
What is treason?
500
Laws passed to force the colonists to pay for the damaged tea from the Boston Tea Party. Also known as the Intoloerable Acts.
What were the Coercive Acts?
500
A force of armed civilians who pledged to defend their community.
What was the militia?
500
He defended the British soldiers who went on trial for the Boston Massacre.
Who was John Adams?
500
He led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga.
Who was Ethan Allen?
500
According to the Preamble, this was the purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence.
What is to state their reasons for separating from Britain?