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100
These closed the port of Boston and placed British soldiers back in Boston under the rule of Thomas Gage.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
100
These two men joined Paul Revere on his ride to warn the Patriots.
Who are William Dawes and Samuel Prescott?
100
These were colonists who were prepared to fight on short notice.
Who are minutemen?
100
This was the result of an American mob attacking a troop of British soldiers who fired back.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
These were express riders who went through the colonies to spread news about the protests.
Who are the Committees of Correspondence?
200
This was a tax placed on printed materials, such as playing cards, newspapers, and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
He started the Sons of Liberty.
Who was Samuel Adams?
200
These were colonists who believed the king was wrong to place taxes on them.
Who are Patriots?
200
This was when 10,000 pounds of tea was thrown into the Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This was a meeting held to discuss actions to take against the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
300
This was a tariff placed on imported goods from Britain (such as tea, wool, paper, etc.)
What is the Townshend Acts?
300
He gave a fiery speech that inspired many to fight the British.
Who was Patrick Henry?
300
This means to refuse to buy or use a product.
What is boycott?
300
This is what the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as when they boarded British ships to dump tea into the harbor.
What are Mohawks?
300
This brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston.
What is the Battle of Concord?
400
This was the reason for taxes on the colonists by Parliament.
What is the cost of the French and Indian War?
400
He led the colonists in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Who was William Prescott?
400
These colonists were loyal to the king and did not want to fight for independence.
Who are Loyalists?
400
This was a war between the French and the British and their Native American allies.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
This battle began with the "shot heard round the world".
What is the Battle of Lexington?
500
This tax was repealed (cancelled) by England.
What is the Stamp Tax?
500
He was the king of England at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Who was King George III?
500
This act allowed soldiers to stay in private homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
500
These were the winners of the French and Indian War.
Who are the British?
500
This was another name given to British soldiers.
What is Lobsterback?