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Trouble over Taxes
The Rebels
You say you want a Revolution
Stuff, Stuff, and more Stuff
and Other stuff.
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Why did Britain tax the colonies?
They needed money to pay for the soldiers in the colonies.
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What was the purpose of the committee of correspondence?
Share news between the colonies.
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Who warned about the British attack?
Paul Revere
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Why was no taxation with out representation an meaningful slogan?
It showed that the colonist refused to pay taxes without representation in parliament.
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What does give me liberty or give me death mean
The colonists were ready to fight to the death for their liberty.
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Who was one of the first people to speak out against the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry
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How did the Boston Tea Party express how the colonies felt?
It showed that the colonies strongly opposed the British taxes.
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Which battle took place first?
Battle of Lexington.
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What three events in Boston contributed to the revolutionary war?
Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts.
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What showed that Paul Revere's ride was successful?
The British were outnumbered at Concord and suffered great losses during their retreat to Boston.
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What was the biggest effect of the British taxes on the colonies?
They united as Americans.
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What caused the Intolerable Acts?
The Boston Tea Party.
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Which battle began with the shot heard around the world?
Concord.
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Name the taxes in chronological order.
Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act.
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What is a primary source?
Eyewitness accounts or observations of history.
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Who organized the sons of liberty?
Samuel Adams
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What was a Patriot? Loyalist?
Patriot was opposed to British rule and Loyalist were not.
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Who led the colonists in the battle of Bunker Hill?
William Prescott.
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What did the Intolerable Act state?
Soldiers in Boston, Thomas Gage in Massachusetts, Port of Boston closed and had to pay back for tea dumped.
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How many people died at Boston Massacre?
5
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What did the daughters of liberty do to support the boycott of British goods?
Made tea and wove clothe.
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Who offered to lead the men in battle for the relief of Boston?
George Washington.
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What were the outcomes of all three battles?
Britain won, Colonist won, Britain won.
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What was the purpose of the first continental congress?
To vote on actions to take against Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.
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John Adams was who's cousin?
Samuel Adams.