Important People
Major Events
British Taxes and Actions
The Boston Tea Party
Mystery Category...
100
This man led a Native American rebellion against the British after the French and Indian War.
Who is Pontiac?
100
This war was fought between the French and British for control of North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This act placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other important goods.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
This event occurred in this city in Massachusetts.
What is Boston?
100
This act forced colonists to have an official seal for all paper documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This man was the King of England during this time.
Who is King George III?
200
This event occurred in Boston on March 5, 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
This act forced the colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
200
The British repealed all taxes on the colonies except for this one, on this product.
What is tea?
200
This city was the center of many of the important events in the lead up to the American Revolution.
What is Boston?
300
This man defended the British soldiers accused of murder during the Boston Massacre trial.
Who is John Adams?
300
American colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians as a disguise during this action.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
This act stated that Britain maintained supreme control over the American colonies.
What is the Declaratory Act?
300
American colonists dressed as this group of people to disguise themselves.
What are Mohawk Indians?
300
Name one direct result of the French and Indian War on American-British relations.
What is new taxes or the Proclamation of 1763?
400
This man was a patriot in Boston and claimed that the British soldiers were guilty of murder. He supported independence from Britain.
Who is Samuel Adams?
400
During Pontiac's Rebellion, the British used these to defeat the Native Americans.
What are small pox blankets?
400
This law stated that American colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
400
These people were responsible for unloading British tea and selling it to the colonists
Who are the consignees?
400
Explain the phrase "taxation without representation."
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500
This man etched a famous drawing of the Boston Massacre that showed the British soldiers as heartless killers in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
500
This was the final event that ultimately led to the American Revolution.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
This act taxed goods such as paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
500
After the Boston Tea Party, the British imposed these acts which forced colonists to pay for the tea, moved capital of Massachusetts from Boston to Salem, and other such measures.
What are the Coercive Acts?
500
Describe why the colonists felt the need to become independent from Britain.
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