People
Commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
The "line" colonists could not move west of.
What are the Appalachian Mts.?
To take back.
What is repeal?
Colonists dresses as Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Street riot where 5 colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Leader of the British during the Revolution.
Who is King George III?
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive Acts? (Intolerable Acts)
Refusal to buy.
What is Boycott?
A form of protest colonists successfully used against the Townshend Acts.
What is a boycott?
British taxing was unfair since the colonists had no say.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
Wrote letters to her husband reminding him to "not forget the ladies."
Who is Abigail Adams?
Proof of payment of taxes on paper items.
What is a stamp?
Biased information meant to sway one's views.
What is propaganda?
Group of colonists that formed in response to the Stamp Act.
What are the Sons of Liberty?
Refusing to obey a law because one believes it is morally wrong.
What is civil disobedience?
Said, "give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
The company whose tea the colonists had to purchase.
What is the British East India Co.?
England's "hands-off" policy that ended after the French and Indian War.
What is salutary neglect?
Instead of paying taxes on products, some colonists got their products this way.
What is smuggling?
British law requiring colonists house and supply soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
First person to die at the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act but stated their power in this law.
What is the Declaratory Act?
Document that allowed British soldiers to enter and search.
What is a writ of assistance?
This group of colonists met in Philadelphia to discuss the British passage of the Intolerable Acts.
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
African American. Spy for both sides but his information helped the Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
Who was James Armistead?