The Colonies
How many British colonies existed before the American Revolution?
13
Who is the king of England?
King George III
What is the name of the tax that led to the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Tax
What is the word for goods and resources that are sold to other countries?
Exports
What was the name of the colonists who promised to be ready to fight very quickly?
Minutemen
Name the three regions of the colonies.
New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
What name is given to a colonist who wants independence from England?
Patriot
What is the name of the act that allowed British soldiers to live in colonists' homes?
Quartering Act
What is the word for goods and resources that are purchased from other countries?
Imports
In what year did the first battle of the American Revolution take place?
1775
What is the title of the British leader of a colony?
Governor
What name is given to a colonist who wants the King of England to remain in charge of the colonies?
Loyalist
What name did the colonists give to the acts passed after the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
What is the word for a refusal to buy or use goods being offered for sale?
Boycott
Who rode a horse from Lexington to Concord to warn colonists that the Redcoats were coming?
Paul Revere
What is a colony?
An area of land owned by another country.
What is the name of the protest group that dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?
Sons of Liberty
What was the first action (not an act but an event) that demonstrated the colonists' anger against England?
Sugar cane or tobacco
What was the "shot heard round the world?"
What was the first permanent British colony in America?
Jamestown
Name one person who attended the First Continental Congress.
George Washington or John Adams
What action (not an act but an event) did Patrick Henry call for at the Virginia Convention?
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Middle Colonies
What is the most important effect of the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The American Revolution began.