Events Leading Up to War
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
Potpourri
100
This 1765 act forced colonists to provide living quarters (housing) to British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
100
The year in which the Boston Massacre happened.
What is 1770?
100
Colonists such as Samuel Adams and Paul Revere disguised themselves as these type of individuals the night of the Boston Tea Party.
Who are American Indians/Native Americans?
100
These were those Colonists who remained loyal to the British.
Who are Loyalists?
200
This 1763 decree prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. Native Americans were happy, but this angered colonists.
What is the Royal Proclamation? (or the Proclamation of 1763)
200
This man created this famous engraving depicting the scene of The Boston Massacre. Although he is much more noted for a famous midnight ride.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
The Boston Tea Party occurred in this year.
What is 1773?
200
This man was a founder of the Sons of Liberty and was noted for his most famous quote, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
These 1767 acts taxed tea, glass, paper, and lead products for the Colonists. They respond by boycotting (or refusing) to buy British goods.
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
This was the number of Colonists killed in The Boston Massacre.
What is 5?
300
Approximately this many pounds of tea, worth millions of dollars, was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
What are about 90,000 pounds?
300
These were those wanting independence from Britain.
Who are Patriots?
400
This 10-year war among the Native Americans (fighting for the French) and the British over land ended in a British victory. Colonists were proud to belong to their homeland, that is until the British attempted to have the Colonists pay for all the damages brought on by the war...
What is the French and Indian War?
400
This group of Patriots came together to protest the acts of Britain and included Samuel Adams, John Hancock Patrick Henry, and Paul Revere. They became especially active after the Boston Massacre.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
400
This was the name of the company controlled by the British in which the Colonists were forced to buy tea from prior to The Boston Tea Party.
What is the East India Company?
400
This man was a founder of the Sons of Liberty and boldly spoke out against "taxation without representation." He later signed the Constitution in 1787.
Samuel Adams
500
These 1774 acts taxed a number of goods, reinitiated the Quartering Act, closed the Boston Harbor, and was the last straw for the Colonists before declaring war against the British.
What are the Intolorable Acts?
500
Who was the first person killed in The Boston Massacre and sometimes considered to be the first American to die in the Revolutionary War?
Who is Crispus Attucks?
500
The colonists may have dumped all the tea on the night of The Boston Tea Party. However, they were very sure to not damage or overthrown these two things that belonged to their fellow colonists.
What are the crates and ships?
500
Although the American Revolution had already begun, the signing of this document on July 4th, 1776, gave the Colonists independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?