Terms and Names
Background vocab
Abigail Adams
Samuel Adams
Terms and Names
100

British monarch who reigned during the American revolution

What is King George III

100

To buy as an investment

What is speculate

100

When was Abigail born

What is 1744

100

When was Samuel born

What is 1722

100

A secret society formed to oppose British policies

What is the Sons of Liberty

200

An act requiring the colonist to quarter or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies

What is the Quartering Act

200

Refusal to buy

What is boycott

200

When did Abigail pass away

What is 1818

200

When did Samuel pass

What is 1803

200

Sailors of African American and Native American ancestry who died at the Boston Massacre

What is Crispus Attucks 

300

Law placing a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies

What is the Sugar Act

300

Taxes placed on imported goods

What is duties

300

What month was she born

What is November

300

When Parliament levied taxes upon the colonieswhat he responded whith passion  

What is When Parliament levied taxes upon the colonies  

300

Acts passed by parliament in 1767 to tax imports in the colonies

What is Definition of Townshend Acts

400

The law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that had been paid

What is the stamp Act

400

A force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community 

Definition of militia

400

What day of the month was she born

 What is 11th

400

What was his best skill

What is Writing

400

Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty

What is Who was Samuel Adams

500

Member of Virginia's House of Burgesses

 What is Patrick Henry

500

When enemy forces surround a town or city in order to force it to surrender

what is siege

500

Who did she write her letters to

What is her husband, John Adams

500

What did he persuade the colonist to do 

What is to unite against British policy and taxation 

500

Indian in 1773, when colonists protested British policies by boarding British ships and throwing their cargoes of tea overboard 

What is the Boston Tea Party