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History Grab Bag
100

Colonists who supported independence from Britain

Who are Patriots?

100

War that left Britain in deep debt, leading them to tax the colonies

What is the French and Indian War?

100

Act giving the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies

What was the Tea Act?

100

The colony in which the Boston Massacre occurred

What is Boston?

100

Where exactly was Abraham Lincoln Shot?

Ford's Theater

200

A small army made up of everyday citizens trained to protect their colony in an emergency

What is a militia?

200

Country lost the most amount of land after the French and Indian War

What is France?

200

Act requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp on paper goods

What is the Stamp Act?

200

Defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre

Who is John Adams?

200

What secret network helped slaves escape to freedom?

The Underground Railroad

300

Word meaning to cancel or take back a law

What is to repeal?

300

Committee formed by colonists to spread news and unify themselves against Britain

What is the Committee of Correspondence? or First Continental Congress 

300

Act saying that British soldiers could live in colonists' homes

What is the Quartering Act?

300

Event involving colonists throwing tea into the Boston Harbor

What is the Boston Tea Party?

300

What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu? 

The Incas

400

An organized refusal to buy goods from a certain source

What is a boycott?

400

group of people who were very important in the boycott of goods

Who were women
400
Act placing taxes on imported goods like glass, paint, and tea

What are the Townshend Acts?

400

Group disguising themselves as Mohawk Indians in order to throw tea into the harbor

Who are the Sons of Liberty?

400

What symbol of freedom is now on display in Philadelphia? 

The Liberty Bell

500

Information used to influence the opinions of people

What is propaganda?

500

Person who created an engraving of the Boston Massacre meant to stir up negative emotions towards the British  

Who was Paul Revere? 

500

Act meant to punish the Boston Tea Party

What are the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?

500

The year in which the Boston Tea Party took place?

What is 1773?

500

What attack brought America into WWII?

Pearl Harbor