Protests
The term for "a formal complaint about something that is perceived as unfair or wrongful treatment."
What is a grievance?
What the blank stands for in the political statement coined by American Colonists in the 1760s "no taxation without ___________"
What is "representation"?
The general of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The names of the first battles of the American Revolution.
(hint: happened right after Paul Revere's ride)
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
The term for a colonist who maintained allegiance with Great Britain during the time of the American Revolution.
What is a loyalist?
Who protesters dressed up as when carrying out the Boston Tea Party.
What are (Mohawk) Native People?
The name of the tax on sugar, molasses, and other imported goods.
What is "The Sugar Act"?
Who is King George III?
The blank in the "Battle of ___________ Hill" (which didn't actually happen on this hill...)
What is "Bunker"?
The year that the Declaration of Independence was written and published.
What is 1776?
The type of punishment being depicted in the image "The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man."
What is tar-and-feathering?
The name of the tax on all paper goods including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The famous nickname used for colonial militiamen.
What is "minutemen"?
The name of the lead actor in the "National Treasure" films.
Who is Nicholas Cage?
The collective name of the British Acts that sent the colonists over the edge (included the Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, Massachusetts Government Act, and Administration of Justice Act).
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The name of the economic system that ultimately allowed Britain to tax its colonies left and right.
What is mercantilism?
The name of ONE of the two other Midnight Riders (OTHER THAN Paul Revere).
Who is William Dawes OR Samuel Prescott?
The final battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The name of the group that created the Continental Army AND wrote / published the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The secret political group that organized protests such as the Boston Tea Party.
The word for refusing to buy goods as a form of protest (colonists commonly did this in response to British taxes).
What is "boycott"?
The poet who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" (1861).
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
The name of the river that George Washington famously crossed with his army.
What is The Delaware River?
Who is Paul Revere?