A Loyalist Governor from Massachusetts in 1771 became the most hated man because he sided with the British against the Patriots.
What is Thomas Hutchinson?
100
This man was a scientist, writer, printer, inventor and helped to open a college, library, and hospital.
What is Ben Franklin?
100
Patrick Henry was considered a ________ because he gave speeches about independence.
What is a Patriot?
100
A lawmaking part of the British government, similar to Congress in the US, is called _______.
What is Parliament?
200
Crime of acting to overthrow your ruler or betray your country.
What is treason?
200
Hutchinson believed in enforcing the
What is Stamp Act of 1765?
200
Ben Franklin tried to persuade the British government to stop making laws that the colonists thought were unfair and to repeal the ...
What is the Stamp Act?
200
The Virginia Law of 1755 dealt with how much money ______ should be paid.
What is ministers?
200
The Emancipation Proclamation ordered that the _______ would be set free and that they could join the Union army.
What is slaves?
300
ruler who uses his power harshly
What is a tyrant?
300
This British Religious Leader preached that the king's power came from God and that the colonists should follow and obey the King.
What is Jonathan Boucher?
300
This woman was a writer and poet from Massachusetts. She believed the British laws and taxes were unfair and that colonies would be better off with their own government. It was a woman's duty to speak out against Britain.
What is Mercy Otis Warren?
300
Henry called the king a ________ and that the people of Virginia should not have to obey him.
What is tyrant?
300
Forcing people to pay taxes when they have had NO say in making the laws that created the tax is called _______.
What is taxation without representation?
400
Statement that expresses the wishes or decisions of a group is ...
What is resolution?
400
In 1771, King George III appointed this man to serve as the royal governor of the colony of Virginia.
What is Lord Dunmore?
400
Samuel Adams had friends that bought him a new wig and new ______ for his new life as a politician?
What is a new suit?
400
The lawyer that was working against Henry said that he committed the act of _________ and it should be punished by death, but the jury didn't agree.
What is treason?
400
The Coercive Acts passed by Parliament were created to "force" the colonists to "obey" Britain. The colonists called these the _________ Acts because they could not tolerate, or accept, these harsh laws.
What is Intolerable?
500
A person guilty of betraying or acting against his or her own country is a ...
What is a traitor?
500
Lord Dunmore was a fierce Loyalist leader and his real name was...
What is John Murray?
500
Sam Adams felt that the colonists should elect their own governor and should have the power to change ____ ___.
What is unfair laws?
500
Henry was so popular after his work on the James Maury case, that it helped him win a seat in the Virginia's House of _________.
What is Burgesses?
500
In 1773, Parliament passed the _____ Act to save the largest British tea company, by being the ONLY company that could sell tea to the colonists. This led to the Boston Tea Party.