Genre Questions
a nation that has promised to help another nation in wartime
Ally
Who created the copper engraving of the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
placed a tax on almost every kind of printed paper
a) Tea Act. b) Stamp Act. c) Quartering Act
b) Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763 said you could not settle _________ of the Appalachian Mountains
a) East. b) West.
b) West
How many crates of tea were thrown into the Boston Harbor during the Tea Party?
342
a volunteer citizens’ army
Militia
Was the leader of the Sons of Liberty
Sam Adams
put a tax on British tea being imported into the colonies
a) Massachusetts Government Act. b) Tea Act.
c) Boston Port Act
b) Tea Act
What is the governing body of Great Britain called?
Parliament
Where did the colonies get their tea from since they did not buy their tea from Britain?
Holland/Netherlands/The Dutch
to cancel or do away with
Repeal
Was leader of Great Britain and became king at age 22
King George III
places to stay (quarters) had to be provided to British soldiers
Quartering Act
Britain is the _____________ country to the colonies
a) Mother. b) Sister. c) Father
a) Mother
This person is considered to be the first black man to be killed in the fight for American freedom.
Crispus Attucks
a person from one country who comes into another country to live
Immigrant
What did the Sons and Daughters of Liberty call themselves?
Patriots
closed the Boston Port until the spilled tea was paid for
a) Tea Act. b) Massachusetts Government Act.
c) Boston Port act
c) Boston Port Act
King George inherited A LOT of ________ when he became king.
Debt
Who said the following? The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian...
I am an American
Patrick Henry
refusal to have dealings in order to force a change in policy
Boycott
A group of people from different colonies who wrote letters to each other was called:
a) Congress. b) Committee of Correspondence.
c) Parliament
b) Committee of Correspondence.
took away Massachusetts' right to self-government
a) Boston Port Act. b) Stamp act.
c) Massachusetts Government Act
c) Massachusetts Government Act
King George and Parliament created these as a response to the Boston Tea Party.
Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts
What was one of the very important protesting chants by the colonists?
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!