people
he was the first person to sigh the declaration of in independence.
who was john Hancock?
the refuse to buy items imported goods like glass,tea and paper.
what is boycott?
Fought on June 17, 1775.
what was the battle of bunker hill
the sugar act lowered the tax on this.
what was the molasses act?
lowered the tax on molasses.
what is the Sugar act?
he started Sons of Liberty who protested with effigies - burning dolls that looked like tax collectors.
who is Samuel Adams?
incoming money from taxes or other sources
what is revenue?
Captain John Parker led the minutemen in this battle.
what is the battle of Lexington?
the stamp act taxed this.
what is almost all printed material?
taxed all printed Materials.
what is the stamp act?
member of Virginia House of Burgesses who got the burgesses to take action.
who is Patrick Henry?
group of 55 delegates who met in philadephia in september 1774
what is the continental congress?
this battle took place at the North Bridge.
what is the battle of concord?
the Townshend acted this.
what is imported goods?
taxed imported goods.
what is the Townshend act?
a lawyer in Boston who disagreed with taxes - first person to say that England could not tax without consent.
who is James Otis?
early colonial weapon like a riffle
what is a musket?
the battle of bunker hill formaly known as.
what is the battle of breeds hill?
these stuffed figures were burned in protest of taxes.
what are effigies?
removed some taxes on tea but out east india as the only tea to drink.
King of England who passed Proclamation of 1763.
who is King George III?
civilian soldiers sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice
who are minutemen?
conflict between redcoats and colonists that killed 5 colonists.
what was the Boston massacre?
to avoid taxes some colonists resorted to this.
what is smuggling?
colonists called the coercive and Quebec acts this.
what is the intolerable acts?