TAXES!
This was a an act with taxes placed on common household goods
What are the Townshend Acts
If Patriots were colonists who were unhappy with the British, these were colonists who still supported the British
Loyalists
This was a famous act of resistance to the Tea Act
What is the Boston Tea Party
This was a meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies
The Continental Congress
The British were taxing the colonists so much because they were...
What is in debt
This was a tax created to help the BEITC
What is the Tea Act
This was a secretive group who organized acts of resistance to the Crown
What are the Sons of Liberty
5 Patriots killed at the..
What is the Boston Massacre
This was a new way of thinking that drove colonists to question authority
This man said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry
This was the rallying cry of opposition to British taxes
What is No taxation without representation
The Daughters of Liberty mainly helped organize
What are boycotts
Militia ready for a speedy call to arms
Minute Men
Natural Rights
These acts were punishment for the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts
This was a tax on many paper products
What is the Stamp Act
Sam Adams was a leading figure of...
What is the Sons of Liberty
This was the first meeting of colonial leaders to discuss actions against the British
What is the Stamp Act Congress
This was the name of the first man killed at the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks
This was the name for the low key form of governing the British had with the colonies pre F+I War
What is Salutary Neglect
This tax was actually cheaper than the old colonial version, but colonists were still not happy
What is the Tea Tax
Sam Adams and John Hancock were warned of their impending arrest by this patriot man
Who is Paul Revere
This Patriot man wrote this famous pamphlet advocating for independence
What is Common Sense
This was the line the British forbid the colonists from settling beyond
Georgia was excluded from the First Continental Congress because they were tied up fighting Indians and because...
What is They were a debtors colony