Guess the Definition
Who are Loyalists?
They were for Britain's policies “Loyal”
Paul Revere
“express riders” who would ride his horse to deliver messages throughout the colonies.
They were against Britain's policy
Patriots
True or False, did the Boston Tea Party occur in the 1800s?
False, 1770
Who are the Sons of liberty
Samuel Adams and other colonists were against the Tea Act and decided to rebel! More than 100 men went to Griffin’s Wharf on Boston Harbor (some disguised as Mohawk indians)
Samuel Adams
helped create a Committee of Correspondence
where the soldiers then killed 5 colonists
Boston Massacre
True / False: Intolerable Acts mean "unbearable"
True, The Intolerable Acts means "unbearable"
Tea Act
Stated that only the British East India Company could sell in the colonies. This meant that colonists had to buy tea only from the British and pay a “tea tax” or drink no tea at all.
John Dickinson
Felt Britain should work out their differences and not separate from the Americans.
Where the taxes were collected
Custom House
True / False: Coercive Acts are acts that force people to do something
True, Coercive Acts are acts that force people to do something
Who were the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams and other colonists were against the Tea Act and decided to rebel! More than 100 men went to Griffin’s Wharf on Boston Harbor (some disguised as Mohawk indians)
Thomas Clifford
Felt they should should stay under British protection, not to separate from Britain because he felt France and Spain would take advantage of colonies.
A phrase that meant people would verbally protest against taxes they had no say over.
A. "No Taxes in the Custom House"
B. “Taxation without Representation”
“Taxation without Representation”
True / False: The Continental Congress was a group of travelers that sent messages
False, The Continental Congress was a meeting were the 13 colonies met together to talk out important information
The continental congress sent a _________ asking the British government to stop the Intolerable Acts.
Declaration of Rights