Vocabulary
Britain's law making assembly.
Required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials
Stamp Act
Who wanted the colonists to help pay for the defense of the colonies.
King George III
Why did the British gov. want to tax the American colonists?
To pay for the cost of keeping soldiers in colonies
To cancel
Repeal
Britain's punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
Defended the British soldiers at their murder trail after the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party?
What 3 events in Boston led the colonists closer to war?
Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
Tax on imported goods
Tariff
Colonists who opposed British rule.
Patriots
Express rider who delivered messages for the Committee of Correspondence.
Paul Revere
What events led to the Battle of Lexington?
British soldiers marched to seize and control British weapons
Who won the Battle of Lexington?
Britain
Refusal to buy goods.
Boycott
Colonists who remained with Britain and King George
Loyalists
Organized the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Who won the Battle of Concord?
Patriots
Volunteer armies.
Militias.
Spoke out against the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry
Who won the battle of Bunker Hill?
Britain