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People of the Revolution
Taxes
Vocabulary
French and Indian War
Rebellion
100
One of the first to speak out against the Stamp Act
Who is Patrick Henry
100
This act place a tax on printed materials
What is the Stamp Act
100
militia groups who had to be ready at a minute's notice to fight
What are minutemen
100
What river valley were the French and British fighting over
What is the Ohio River Valley
100
A group that led protests against the new tax by burning stamps, and scaring stamp salesmen
Who are the Sons of Liberty
200
Organized the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams
200
This act placed a tax on imported goods
What is the Townshend Acts
200
a refusal to buy goods
What is a boycott
200
A Native American leader who led groups into battles against the English
Who is Metacom
200
This group helped the boycott of British goods by weaving cloth and making tea
Who are the Daughters of Liberty
300
This man rode bravely through the night to warn of the British attack
Who is Paul Revere
300
Another name for a tax
What is a tariff
300
Colonists who remained loyal to Britain
Who are Loyalists
300
The war officially ended when this document was signed by France and Britain
What is the Treaty of Paris
300
The dumping of tea in the Boston Harbor to protest against the tax on tea
What is the Boston Tea Party
400
Led the colonist to the battle of Bunker Hill
Who is William Prescott
400
An act that put a tax on tea
What is the Tea Act
400
Colonists who opposed British rule
Who are Patriots
400
A leader who wanted his warriors to revolt against Britain
Who is Pontiac
400
A popular protest cry from the colonists
What is "No taxation without representation!"
500
Chosen to command the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
500
The acts that closed the ports in Boston harbor
What is the Intolerable Acts
500
Britain's government
What is Parliment
500
Where was the key battle of the war fought
Where is Quebec
500
The colonists started to do what as a result to British tax
What is unite