Vocab Words
What is revenue
Income, money earned
Militia (Hint= M)
Minutemen
What was the Declaratory Act?
Stated that England had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies
They get mad and say no way!
They refuse to buy and angers sway
With hope that things of the past will return
But for now, they go without that which they do yearn
Define Lexington and Concord
First Battle of the Revolutionary War
Shot Heard Around the World
Define resolution
A formal expression of opinion
Boston Tea Party (Hint= B)
Boston Massacre
What was the Stamp Act
A tax on all paper goods in the colonies
I am made of many things
Straw, anger, clothes, and fire
But when the bell of rebellion rings
My body shall be called a coward and liar
Effigy
Put these events in order chronologically
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Lexington and Concord
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Lexington and Concord
Define propaganda
Information used to help or harm a cause
Stamp Act (Hint= B)
Boston Massacre
What was the Sugar Act?
Lowered the tax on Sugar BUT allowed officers to seize goods from smugglers
At darkest night they did proceed
To punish those full of greed
And under a lanterns glow
They showed their feelings with a mighty throw
Boston Tea Party
Put these 4 words in order of how they happened with the colonists
Repeal, Revenue, Writs of correspondence, Boycott
Writs of correspondence
Boycott
Revenue
Repeal
Define effigy
stuffed figures, burned at protests
Boston Massacre (Hint=C)
Crispus Atticus
What was the Townshend Acts?
(Name the 3 things it specifically taxed)
Tax imported goods such as:
Tea
Glass
paper
I am how you feel, but properly done.
A statement made, my mindset won.
Not just a thought, but truly spoken,
I speak in regard, to things unwoken
Resolution
Name me the 2 Firsts that we discussed and tell me what they are first in?
1) Crispus Attucks: first African American to die
2) Lexington and Concord: First Battle in the Revolutionary War
Define writs of assistance
a document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for goods
Propaganda (Hint=C)
Committee of Correspondence
What did the Intolerable Acts do?
Punish the colonies, especially Massachusetts.
With go around and spread the news
Of what poor England has decided to choose
to our beloved towns and homes
and make sure they hear us to their bones
Committee of correspondence
Boston Massacre?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
ALL GROUPS
List all 5 Acts in Order WITH their dates
Sugar Act 1764
Stamp Act 1765
Declaratory Act 1766
Townshend Acts 1767
Intolerable Act 1774