Colonial Life
This modern holiday was not celebrated in colonial Boston and was known as "Fools Tide"
Christmas
The British needed to pay for this war
French and Indian War
The "shot heard around the world" happened at this battle.
Lexington and Concord
This Hero is best known for saying "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death"
Patrick Henry
This group of Boston craftsmen and business owners joined together to plan protests and boycotts
The Sons of Liberty
Colonists used these things to brush their teeth
crushed oyster shells or charcoal
The first tax imposed by British Parliament on the colonists
The Stamp Act
The Battle of Bunker Hill is also known as
Battle of Breeds Hill
This lone, brave Spaniard defended Florida and the rest of the Spanish Territory
Bernardo de Galvez
The Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as this tribe of Native Americans during the Boston Tea Party
Mohawk
Colonial children learned to read and write using this tool
Horn Book
After repealing the Stamp Act, the British Parliament imposed what tax?
The Sugar Act (Townshend Act)
Washington and his men spent a brutal winter at this fort
Valley Forge
This heroine wrote letters to her husband who was working on drafting the Declaration of Independence, reminding him to remember to include women and people who were enslaved
Abigail Adams
In response to the Sugar/ Townshend Act, the Sons of Liberty organized this event
The Boston Tea Party
Georgia
The Boston Massacre
This French Nobleman joined Washington and the Continental Army and trained the soldiers
Marquis de Lafayette
This author was born in England and moved to the colonies. He wrote "Common Sense" to persuade the colonists to support independence from Great Britain
Thomas Paine
As part of the Intolerable Act, the Quartering Act required colonists to
give up their home and food for British Soldiers
At the Second Continental Congress, representatives from all 13 Colonies got together to do these three things
Organize the Continental Army, print money, set up a postal service
This act included the Quartering Act and the closing of all Boston ports
The Intolerable Act
The British had to surrender to the Continental Army after being defeated during this battle
Battle of Saratoga
This swashbuckling sea captain was born in Scotland. He fought along side the colonists to defend the navy from British war ships. When asked to surrender, he famously shouted:
"I have not yet begun to fight"
When soldiers ran out of ammunition or were fighting in hand to hand combat, they often used these weapons attached to their muskets
bayonets