People 1
The express rider that took the sea route to warn Concord that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere.
This man was the governor of Massachusetts charged with enforcing British law and keeping the political conflict from becoming a military conflict.
Who is General Thomas Gage?
This group of acts taxed paint, glass, lead, tea and paper in the colonies. They were all ultimately repealed- except for the tax on tea.
What are the Townshend Acts.
When the Townshend, Sugar and Stamp Acts were first passed, the colonists did this to protest.
What is boycott British goods.
These are the militia that could be called upon at a moments notice to go to battle.
Who are minutemen.
This famous Virginian was one of the people who write the Virginia Resolves.
Who is Patrick Henry
He commanded the militia at Lexington and took his revenge when the British returned to Boston.
Who is Captain John Parker.
This act placed a tax on all paper goods in the colonies- dice, cards, almanacs, legal document etc. It was ultimately repealed.
What is the Stamp Act?
One thing that Stamp Act Congress accomplished was this.
What is send a petition to the King asking him to repeal the Stamp Tax.
The British policy of letting the North American colonies do their own thing from 1607-1763 is known as this.
What is salutary neglect.
This Boston doctor sent the express riders to warn Concord that the British were coming.
Who is Dr. Joseph Warren.
This British officer commanded all of the 700 soldiers that marched on Concord.
Who is Colonel Francis Smith.
This act reduced the tax on molasses, but actually enforced the tax. It was ultimately repealed.
What is the Sugar Act?
This radical leader coined the term "Boston Massacre" and declared "This meeting can do nothing further to save the country" when the governor of Massachusetts refused to let the tea-laden ships leave Boston harbor without unloading.
Who is Samuel Adams.
This is the reason that most Americans had a problem with Parliament trying to tax them.
What is they were not represented in Parliament- taxation without representation.
This man was the Prime Minister who first tried to tax the colonies.
Who is George Grenville.
This man ordered the militia in Lexington to disarm and disband...which definitely did not happen.
Who is John Pitcairn?
This is the BRITISH name for the acts that punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive Acts.
These are three things that the Committee of Safety accomplished.
1. Stockpile weapons, ammunition and army supplies.
2. Urged towns to form militias and special companies called minutemen.
3. Set up a network of spies and express riders.
This is where the first official deaths of the Revolutionary War took place.
Where is Lexington.
This man hid both Samuel Adams and John Hancock from the British.
This governor of Virginia disbanded the House of Burgesses.
Who is Lord Dunmore?
This act gave religious freedom to the citizens of French Canada. It was not repealed.
What is the Quebec Act.
In reaction to the Intolerable Acts, the first Continental Congress resolved to do this- the opposite of what the British hoped the Acts would do.
What is support Massachusetts.
These court documents gave tax collectors the right to search the private property of anyone they suspected of smuggling.
What are writs of assistance.