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Vocabulary
Loyalists
Patriots
Remember Chapter 10?
Remember the Road to the Revolution?
100
This word means to separate from another country
Independence
100
True or False: Rich landowners, governors and religious leaders were often Loyalists
True
100
Patriots wanted to declare _____________ from the king of England
Independence
100
The French and Indian War left what country with serious debt?
England
100

This event was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.

The Boston Tea Party

200
This is the word used to describe someone in the American colonies who wanted to remain under British rule
Loyalist
200
This Loyalist hated the patriots for ruining his home. He believed that the king of England knows what was best for the colonies. Even though he was rich he did not wear nice clothes.
Thomas Hutchinson
200
This Patriot was an extremely popular and respected man. He was a writer, printer, inventor, and scientist. He tried to persuade the British Parliament to treat the colonies fairly.
Benjamin Franklin
200
The proclamation of 1763 was designed to protect the colonists from _____________________
The American Indians
200

On the night of March 5, 1770, a group of British soldiers were trying to quiet an angry mob. Colonists were shouting and throwing things at the soldiers. Captain Thomas Preston, the leader of the soldiers, did not order his men to shoot. But in the confusion the soldiers began firing into the crowd.

The Boston Massacre 

300
This word means to not support either side in a fight.
Neutral
300
This Loyalist was a British religious leader who often used his sermons to promote loyalist ideas.
Jonathan Boucher
300
This Patriot wrote that British laws and taxes are unfair to the colonies.
Mercy Otis Warren
300
This act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
Quartering act
300

On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the colonies, which was fighting a Native American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies—met in Philadelphia as the _____________________________ to organize colonial resistance to the Intolerable Acts

The First Continental Congress

400
This means to act against your own country
Traitor
400
This wealthy, proud loyalist was extremely stubborn and bad-tempered. He believed that since Great Britain had started the colonies, the should be loyal to them.
Lord Dunmore
400
This Patriot was a very good speaker and writer. He organized a group called the sons of liberty, a secret group of patriots.
Samuel Adams
400
The phrase "No taxation without representation" was shouted during what event in history?
The Boston Tea Party
400

This "public announcement" said colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Proclamation of 1763

500
If you are a ruler who is to mean to your subjects they might call you this:
A Tyrant
500
What was Lord Dunmore's real name?
John Murray
500
What Famous invention of Benjamin Franklin help people see both near and far away (MUST be specific) ( you can also write PASS and not lose or gain any points)
Bifocals
500
This act was passed to punish colonists for the boston tea party and other violent acts against tax collectors
The Intolerable acts.
500

What did King George III do as punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

King George closed the Harbor for trading until the tea was paid off.