King George
How old was King George when he became king?
22
What acts in 1767 taxed things like glass and paper?
Townshend Acts
What were the Intolerable Acts designed specifically to do?
punish Massachusetts
What document was written during the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia?
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
What were minutemen?
young men who were trained to fight at a moment's notice
What was the name of the home that he bought for him and his wife?
Buckingham Palace
Who fired shots first in the Boston Massacre?
British
What act allowed French law to be used in court cases?
The Quebec Act
What 2 future presidents were at the March 23rd meeting in Virginia?
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
What are the 2 towns that the British attacked?
Concord and Lexington
The eventual defeat of his armies to the Americans was a great _______________ to him.
embarrassment
What was the purpose of Samuel Adams' Committees of Correspondence?
to alert the colonists to British threats on liberty
What did the Boston Port Act do?
closed the Boston ports until all the tea was paid for
Who gave a famous speech, proclaiming "Give me liberty or give me death!"?
Patrick Henry
What 2 men were ordered to be arrested by the British?
Samuel Adams and John Hancock
What did George survive several times throughout his life?
assassination attempts
What did the Tea Act allow Britain to do that hurt the colonists?
Boston also lost their right to ________ officials and hold ________.
elect...courts
What colony was absent during the First Continental Congress?
Georgia
Who rode through the countryside warning that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
From 1788 to 1800, what did a medical condition cause to happen to King George?
go insane
What did 100 men do on December 16th that ended up being called the Boston Tea Party?
dress up as Native Americans and throw the tea off the ship
What type of religion did the colonists think the Quebec Act was favoring?
Catholics
In what 2 ways did King George respond to Philadelphia meeting?
sent in more troops and raised more taxes
In the battle of Lexington and Concord, ______ colonists were killed and ______ British were killed.
70 colonists and 273 British