British Acts
"Intolerable" means this.
Can't stand it
This many people died in the Boston Massacre
5
2nd President of the United States
(also the first Vice President under Washington)
King of Great Britain during these events. (as seen in Hamilton)
King George III
The Townshend Acts taxed these products.
Tea, paper, glass, lead, and other imports
This act of resistance involves refusing to buy products from a certain company or place.
Boycott
John Adam's cousin, and the leader of the Sons of Liberty
Sam Adams
The reason Britain passed the Townshend and Tea Acts.
The Declaratory act did this.
It declared that Britain was in charge and Parliament could pass whatever laws it chose to.
The perpetrators of the Boston Tea Party wore these disguises.
Native Americans
This part of the Intolerable Acts was particularly upsetting to John Adams
British soldiers accused of crime would be tried in Britain from then on.
Right after winning the French and Indian War, the colonists felt this way towards Britain.
Patriotic and proud
Three parts of the Intolerable Acts
Closing the port of Boston, allowing soldiers to enter private homes, removing local elected officials, etc
This group organized the Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty
In the Boston Massacre trial, this is how John Adams convinced the jury to declare the soldiers "not guilty"
Testimony that the colonists were wielding clubs, shouting and daring the soldiers to fire (and Capt. Preston was standing in front of his men).
This "Big Idea" was taken away from Boston by the Intolerable Acts.
Self-government
It lowered the price, but gave a British company a monopoly on tea (they were the only ones who could buy/sell it)
The Committees of Correspondence had this effect on the 13 colonies.
It brought them closer together through communication
The name of John Adams' wife, a major political player in her own right
Abigail Adams
What was the first British law that really angered the colonists?
The Proclamation of 1763