Acts
Which act required the colonists to open their barns, inns, stables, and other empty building spaces for soldiers to stay?
What is... the Quartering Act.
Which patriotic founding father spoke out loudly against, "taxation without representation"?
Who is... Samuel Adams.
On what MONTH and YEAR did the Boston Massacre occur?
When is... March 1770.
What MONTH and YEAR did the Boston Tea Party occur?
What was the The Daughters of Liberty?
What is... a formal female association with branches in a number of colonial cities.
Which act forced the colonists to pay taxes on items like legal documents, playing cards, newspapers, and books?
What is... the Stamp Act.
Which founding father spoke, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is... Patrick Henry.
What did the colonists do to the soldiers when they approached them? (BEFORE the shot was fired)
What is... they shouted names, threw snowballs, and threatened the soldiers with clubs.
Who did the colonists dress up as to disguise themselves during the protest?
Who are... American Indians.
Why were the Daughter of Liberty formed?
What is... to protest the Stamp and Intolerable Acts.
What act enforced the taxes on tea, glass, paper, and lead?
What is... the Townshend Acts.
Although Samuel Adams was not a good business man, he was good at what?
What is... he was good at spreading news and persuading people to listen.
Who is considered to be the first person to die in the American Revolution?
Who is... Crispus Attucks.
How many pounds of tea did the colonists dump?
What is... 90,000 pounds.
When the boycott of British goods caused shortages, what did the ladies do?
What is... they found ways to manufacture what they needed.
What was the new rule that King George III added to the Tea Act in 1773?
What is... the colonists could only buy tea from the British East India Company.
What two jobs did Patrick Henry have AFTER the revolution?
What is... he became a lawyer and then governor of Virginia.
Who made a copper engraving of the scene despite not even being at the event?
Where did the colonists dump the tea?
Where is... The Boston Harbor.
What did women do to the merchant who refused to give them the keys to the coffee warehouse?
What did King George the III close during the Intolerable Acts?
What did the Loyalist call the actions of Adams and Henry?
What is... treason.
What is the first shot during the Boston Massacre called? (HINT: We watched a School House Rock video that called it this)
What is... the shot heard around the world.
What message did the colonists send to King George III by dumping the tea in the harbor?
What is... "No taxation without representation!"
When the Revolutionary War began, what TWO things did the women do?
What is... they sewed uniforms for the colonial soldiers and melted down metal to make bullets.