Key Terms
Colonists who supported independence from Britain
Who are Patriots?
War that left Britain in deep debt, leading them to tax the colonies
What is the French and Indian War?
Act giving the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies
What was the Tea Act?
The colony in which the Boston Massacre occurred
What is Boston?
Where exactly was Abraham Lincoln Shot?
Ford's Theater
A small army made up of everyday citizens trained to protect their colony in an emergency
What is a militia?
Country lost the most amount of land after the French and Indian War
What is France?
Act requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp on paper goods
What is the Stamp Act?
Defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?
What secret network helped slaves escape to freedom?
The Underground Railroad
Word meaning to cancel or take back a law
What is to repeal?
Committee formed by colonists to spread news and unify themselves against Britain
What is the Committee of Correspondence? or First Continental Congress
Act saying that British soldiers could live in colonists' homes
What is the Quartering Act?
Event involving colonists throwing tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
The Incas
An organized refusal to buy goods from a certain source
What is a boycott?
group of people who were very important in the boycott of goods
What are the Townshend Acts?
Group disguising themselves as Mohawk Indians in order to throw tea into the harbor
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
What symbol of freedom is now on display in Philadelphia?
The Liberty Bell
Information used to influence the opinions of people
What is propaganda?
Person who created an engraving of the Boston Massacre meant to stir up negative emotions towards the British
Who was Paul Revere?
Act meant to punish the Boston Tea Party
What are the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?
The year in which the Boston Tea Party took place?
What is 1773?
What attack brought America into WWII?
Pearl Harbor