Who Did What?
Before the battles of Lexington and Concord, these men rode through Massachusetts to warn colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere and William Dawes
This war between two major world powers began when the British wanted to expand into territory in the Ohio River Valley.
French & Indian War
During this rebellion, several men dressed as Native Americans dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
This act required colonists to house and care for British soldiers.
Quartering Act
Sam Adams established these in order to keep colonies in touch with each other and informed of actions taken by the British.
Committees of Correspondence
This governor of Massachusetts forced tea ships to unload their cargo, despite protests from colonists.
Thomas Hutchinson
This war arose after the French and Indian War, when Native Americans wanted to protect their land from colonists.
Pontiac’s War
When crowds jeered at British soldiers in response to the Townshend tax on tea, soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five men.
Boston Massacre
This act put a tax on items ranging from newspapers to playing cards, from wills to other legal documents.
The Stamp Act
This document ended the French & Indian War, giving more land to the British – and therefore, giving the colonists more territory to expand upon.
The Treaty of Paris
This British military commander was sent to help fight the French & Indian War, but his open field tactics were disastrous in America.
General William Braddock
No one knows who fired the first shot in the Battle of Lexington, but it was given this name because it is considered the shot that began the American Revolution.
The Shot Heard Round The World
This act, although lowering the price of tea, gave a monopoly to the East India Company.
The Tea Act
These acts put a tax on any items imported into the colonies. Eventually, all were repealed – except for the tax on tea.
Townshend Acts
During the French and Indian War, this meeting of colonial leaders was held to help join the colonists in the fight against the French and try to establish an alliance with the Iroquois.
Albany Congress
This African American sailor, killed during the Boston Massacre, is considered the first casualty of the American Revolution.
Crispus Attucks
General William Howe tested the determination of colonists in this battle fought outside of Boston.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
In response to taxes imposed by the British, colonists began to boycott British goods. Define boycott.
An organized attempt to refuse to purchase a good or service.
These documents allowed British soldiers to colonists and their homes without any reason.
Writs of Assistance
During this meeting, colonial leaders called for a repeal of the Intolerable Acts and the colonial right to tax themselves.
First Continental Congress
Out of a belief that everyone deserves a fair trial, this lawyer defended the British soldiers who killed civilians during the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
In an attack led by Ethan Allen, a colonial blacksmith, colonists won canons and other important weapons during this battle.
The Battle of Ticonderoga
Thomas Jefferson helped write this declaration, which stated that colonists would rather die free men than live as slaves to British rule.
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms
Name and discuss 3 of the 5 Intolerable Acts.
Boston Port Act: Closed Boston Harbor.
Massachusetts Government Act: Put Mass. entirely under British control
Administration of Justice Act: Mass. trials could be carried out in Britain
Quartering Act: Strengthened need for colonists to house soldiers.
Quebec Act: Set up territory in Canada, taking land away from colonists
During this meeting, colonial leaders established a military led by George Washington and began printing paper money.
Second Continental Congress