Intolerable Acts
He was the king of England during the American Revolution.
King George III
These people organized protests against the British Tea Act and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Sons of Liberty
What was the name of the event where the colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
Complaints resulting from being treated unfairly; a reason for complaining about a situation.
Grievances
Who warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British soldiers were coming to Lexington?
Paul Revere
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
The Stamp Act
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
This confrontation began as a protest of colonists but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
the Boston Masacre
Intolerable Acts
Who were the Red Coats?
British soldiers
This act put a tax on tea.
Tea Act
He was the first person killed during the Boston masacre.
Crispus Attucks
Day the Declaration of Independence was approved.
July 4, 1776
A person who supports and defends his/her country.
Patriot
Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"
Patrick Henry
This act declared that colonists had to provide quarters for the British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
The Quartering Act
He wrote the Common Sense document.
Thomas Paine
The first battle of the American Revolution was ___.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Define liberty.
Freedom
A very popular beverage of the colonists.
Tea
Why did King George levy taxes against the colonists?
He was trying to pay down the debt Britain incurred during the French and Indian War.
Wrongly accredited with yelling in the streets "the British are coming! The British are coming!"
Paul Revere
Meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies that gathered to discuss the injustices happening in Massachusettes.
the First Continental Congress
Ordinary people trained to be soldiers but are not a part of the full-time military.
Militia
The name of the British government
British Parliament or Parliament