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British Policies & Taxes
Colonial Protests
All the King's Men
Blood is Spilled
Revolutionaries
100
This announcement angered colonial settlers hoping to move west.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
The refusal to purchase certain British goods
What is a boycott?
100
He sponsored the taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
Who is Charles Townshend?
100
Five
What is the number of Boston colonists killed in the Boston Massacre?
100
He defended British soldiers on trial for the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?
300
The first DIRECT tax placed on the colonies
What is Stamp Act?
300
The city that led the protest of British policies.
What is Boston?
300
The commander of all British troops in America
Who is Thomas Gage?
300
Eight
What is the number of colonists killed at Lexington?
300
He organized the Boston Tea Party
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
Another name for the American Revenue Act
What is the Sugar Act?
500
The documents signed promising to stop importing British goods
What are Non-importation Agreements?
500
British Prime Minister and sponsor of the Sugar Act
Who is George Grenville?
500
He was alerted by the Committee of Safety with two lanterns in the steeple of the Old North Church.
Who is Paul Revere?
500
He engraved the "Boston Massacre"
Who is Paul Revere?
800
The act that followed the repeal of the Stamp Act that asserted Parliament's right to make decisions for the colonies in all cases.
What is the Declaratory Act?
800
Information that is used to influence the opinion of others
What is Propaganda?
800
Made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
What is Parliament?
800
Where the "Shot Heard 'Round The World" was fired
What is Concord?
800
He coined the phrase, "No taxation without representation."
Who is James Otis?
1000
This allowed the East India Company to enjoy a monopoly on tea in the colonies making it easier to sell tea.
What is the Tea Act of 1773?
1000
Groups formed to spread information from town to town
What are Committees of Correspondance?
1000
The Royal Governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party
Who is Thomas Hutchinson?
1000
He led the Massachusetts Minutemen on the Lexington Green during the skirmish with British troops on April 19, 1775.
Who is Cpt. John Parker?
1000
He gave a series of speeches in the House of Burgesses including the "Treason" speech.
Who is Patrick Henry?