Famous People
The king of Great Britain during the American Revolution
King George the 3rd
A tax on paper
The Stamp Act
Where the Boston Massacre took place
Boston
A document people sign to show their agreement or disagreement with something
What is a petition?
This battle was fought in Concord.
The man who will become the first President of the United States
George Washington
The American colonists fought the redcoats in Boston and people died
The Boston Massacre
Where the tea was dumped
Boston Harbor
To undo a law
What is to repeal?
The British passed many new laws and acts that the American colonists could not tolerate
The Intolerable Acts
American colonists who disagreed with the British
Sons of Liberty
King George went into debt and needed to make money after fighting this war
French and Indian War
Where the first battle of the American Revolution happened
Lexington, Massachussetts
To protest something by refusing to buy, use, or participate
What is to boycott?
Colonists boycotted the import of British tea and dumped it in Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Two important rebels who were hiding from the British in Lexington, Massachusetts
Samuel Adams and John Hancock
This act closed the port at Boston Harbor and only Britain could say who came and went
The Boston Port Act
The place where Paul Revere was trying to ride to
Concord, Massachussetts
A person who fights against a government
What is a rebel?
The British started to invade the colonies, so Paul Revere went to warn people
The Midnight Ride
He is famous for his midnight ride
Who is Paul Revere?
The Quartering Act
The town where Samuel Adams and John Hancock were hiding from the British
Lexington, Massachussetts
A tower with a bell in the top
Belfry
The Battle of Lexington