The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts placed taxes on these items.
What are lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea?
British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists after the colonists were doing this.
What is harassing them?
This act of Parliament gave the British East India Tea Company rights to sell tea directly to colonists at a reduced price.
What is the Tea Act?
In response to the Boston Tea Party, and angry Parliament passed this series of laws.
What are the Coercive Acts?
This radical group of Boston colonists carried out the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
This act of protest includes refusing to buy certain products.
What is a boycott?
Captain Thomas Preston told his soldier to do this during the Boston Massacre.
What is hold their fire?
The Coercive Acts were known by this name among the colonists.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
These three famous patriots were leaders of the Sons of Liberty.
Who are Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere?
The British needed tax money to pay for this.
What is the French and Indian War?
This future president defended the British soldiers at trial after the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
While the Tea Act lowered the price of tea, colonists were angry about this.
What is the tea tax still being paid?
One of the Coercive Acts damaged Boston's economy by closing this.
What is Boston Harbor?
The Sons of Liberty demonstrated their power by forcing a Stamp Act tax collector to do this.
What is resign publicly?
This activity helped colonists avoid paying taxes on products.
What is smuggling?
This African American man is the most famous victim of the Boston Massacre and is sometimes called "the first casualty of the American Revolution."
Who is Crispus Attucks?
These people were angry that colonists would buy the cheaper East India tea and cut into the money they were making by selling untaxed tea.
Who are smugglers?
One of the Coercive Acts removed all political representation in Massachusetts by closing this.
What is the Massachusetts Legislature?
This was an early goal of the Sons of Liberty.
What is forcing colonial leaders to stand up to Britain?
Due to colonial protests, Parliament took this action (which means to cancel) on all the taxes except the tax on tea.
What is repeal?
While most of the soldiers were acquitted (found innocent) at trial, two soldiers were branded on the thumbs after being found guilty of this lesser crime.
What is manslaughter?
Who is Joshua Wyeth?
One of the most hated of the Coercive Acts, the Quartering Act required colonists to do this.
What is house British soldiers?
This was a later goal of the Sons of Liberty.
What is independence from Great Britain?