He created an engraving of the Boston Massacre that was said to be a piece of propaganda.
What is Paul Revere
100
This act by the British King included a law which closed the port of Boston to all Trade
What is The Intolerable Acts
100
8 colonists died at the hands of British regulars at the town of Lexington.
What is The Shot heard around the world.
100
Thomas Payne wrote this pamphlet documenting the abuses of the King of England and urging the colonies to rebel
What is Common Sense
100
Mr. Morris coaches and played Basketball but he watches more of this sport on TV
What is Football
200
He said give me liberty or give me death in his famous speechin 1775.
What is Patrick Henry
200
This act let the Tea Merchants of the East India Company sell tea directly to the colonies.
What is The Tea Act
200
A riot broke out on King Street in Boston between British soldiers and Colonial citizens. In the end 5 colonists lay dead or were mortally wounded.
What is The Boston Massacre
200
This colony refused to send representatives to the 1st Continental Congress
What is Georgia
200
Although history is Mr. Morris' passion this period of history is his fovorite.
What is The Civil War Period
300
Was the King of England during the period of colonial unrest in America.
What is King George the III
300
Under this law colonists had to provide housing, and food to British Soldiers in 1765
What is The Quartering Act
300
46 tons of English Tea were thrown into Boston Harbor by colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians.
What is The Boston Tea Party
300
This document was signed on July 4th 1776 breaking colonial ties with England
What is The Declaration of Independence
300
When Mr. Morris buy shoes he always starts with this size which is what he considers to be his shoe size
What is 13.5
400
After the Stamp Tax was repealed, this man proposed a new tax on goods such as paper, paint, lead, and Tea.
What is Charles Townshend
400
This put a tax on legal documents such as wills, and marriage licenses.
What is The Stamp Act
400
Ethan Allen and the Green Mt. Boys Captured this fort on Lake Champlain.
What is Fort Ticonderoga
400
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1774 where 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives.
What is the 1st Continental Congress
400
This food is Mr. Morris' favorite meal which was requested at all of his Birthday Meals
What is Lasagna
500
A group of colonial leaders who met secretly to discuss the abuses of the English Crown
What is the Sons of Liberty
500
This was an imaginary line drawn down the the Appalachian Mts. that forbid colonists to move west of the line.
What is The Proclamation of 1763
500
After a buildup of British soldiers in Boston led to a colonial entrenchment on this hill. In the end the Colonists lost the hill but 1,000 British lost their lives in the attack.
What is Bunker Hill
500
A Colonial attempt to patch things up with England. Delegates declared loyalty if the Intolerable acts were repealed.