People
Who was George III.
This event involved a group of Patriots and British troops whereby snowballs and ice were thrown, shots were fired, and five people died.
What was the Boston Massacre?
Restricted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, frustrating colonists who sought land.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This person said, "Ye villains, ye rebels disperse! Lay down your arms!"
Who was (British) Major John Pitcairn?
This disease killed more soldiers than combat.
What is smallpox?
This man was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Who was Samuel Adams?
The colonies sent representatives who gathered in Philadelphia for this event on September 5, 1774.
What is the Continental Congress?
Imposed direct taxes on legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards, leading to protests.
What is the Stamp Act (1765)?
He rode through the countryside warning the colonists that "the British are coming!"
Who was Paul Revere (among several others)?
The British ruled the colonies for 168 years, but it only took this many years for the colonies to overthrow them.
What is seven years?
George Washington married this woman on January 6, 1759.
Who was Martha Dandridge Custis?
This was a protest during which the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor leading to a severe British reaction.
What was the Boston Tea Party.
Forced colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers.
What is The Quartering Act (1765 and 1774)?
This person declared, "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third...may profit by their example."
This colony was the last one to join the original thirteen colonies.
What is Georgia (in 1733)?
People with revolutionary ideas about how governments should be run and how people should live in society.
Who are radicals?
The shots of the first battle of the American Revolution were fired here, and a total of ten rebels lay dead.
What was the Battle at Lexington?
Taxed imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea triggering boycotts.
What are the Townshend Acts (1767)?
They said, "Should we obey such laws, if they are unjust.
Who were the colonists?
Colonists that were still loyal to Great Britain were called this. (2 names)
What are loyalists and tories?
This man was a cousin of Samuel Adams, future president and the only lawyer in Massachusetts to take on the case of the British in the Boston Massacre.
Who was John Adams?
The Americans regrouped along a river and defeated the British soundly driving them back to Boston in this battle.
What is the Battle at Concord?
Granted a monopoly to the East India Company, which lowered prices but maintained the tax.
What is the Tea Act (1773)?
He said, "We must all hang together or most assuredly, we will all hang separately."
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Gov't. Act, Admin. of Justice Act, and the Quebec Act were collectively called this.
What are the Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts (1774)?