Bad Stuff
What was written on October 14th, 1774?
Declaration of ___________ and ____________________
Rights and Grievances
The ______ _______ allowed the company to sell its ______ at a price ______________ than that of other merchants.
Tea Act
Tea
Cheaper
Who was the volunteer ride from the Boston Committee of Correspondence? _________ ____________
Paul Revere
What did Colonists “hurl” at the Soldiers?
Snow Balls and Ice
__________________ were high between colonists and __________________ soldiers in Boston in early 1770.
Tensions
British
The act of vandalism was known as the __________________ _________ ______________.
Boston Tea Party
In 1773, Parliament passed the _______ _______, which gave the British ________ _________ _____________ the exclusive right to sell _______ in the colonies without paying export taxes.
Tea Act
East India Company
Tea
What is the famous document that Samuel Adams signed?
Declaration of Independence
Some of the __________________ lost control and fired their _________________ into the crowd.
Soldiers
Muskets
They proposed an ________ to ____________ with Britain until their demands were met.
End
Trade
They ________________ that they be given the same __________— including right to ___________________ — that were granted to other British Citizens.
Demanded
Rights
Representation
“As the _________________ Colonists are not represented, and from their local and other circumstances, cannot properly be represented by the British _______________________”
English
Parliament
Governor _____________ __________________ wanted to honor the new law and decided that the ships were to remain in the harbor until the ______ was ________.
Thomas Hutchinson
Tea
Sold
How many colonists were killed by Soldiers on March 5th?
5 colonists
Because of the ____________________ ________, some residents were forced to allow ________________ _______________ to stay in their homes.
Quartering Act
British Soldiers
After rejecting the plan to reconcile with the British Government, the ___________ _____________________________ ______________ decided to write a ________________ to King George III
First Continental Congress
Petition
What two reasons did the Tea Act upset Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty? (Give One Reason)
Another Tax they had not voted to approve
Hurt Local Businesses because of British Monopoly on Tea
Representatives from the colonies decided to meet and discuss what to do next. Their meeting would be called the __________ ____________________ ______________.
First Continental Congress
The incident on March 5th became known as the ____________________ __________________.
Boston Massacre
In 1772, what did Samuel Adams form?
21 Person Committee
AKA: Sons of Liberty
On December 16, 1773, ______ members of the ________ of _______________, dressed like _______________ Indians, boarded the ships, broke open the _______ __________ and _______________ the contents into the Harbor.
50
Sons of Liberty
Mohawk
Tea Chests
Dumped
In November 1773, __________ ships from the ________ ____________ ______________ landed in the Boston Harbor. Some Boston residents decided to ______________ the Tea Act by refusing to let the ships unload their ______________.
3
East India Company
Protest
Cargo
What were the Coercive Acts? Also called Intolerable Acts
Colonists had to pay for the Tea that they destroyed
_________________ ___________ and the ________ of __________________ used the event as fuel to add to the growing movement for _________________ ______-______________________.
Samuel Adams
Sons of Liberty
Colonial Self-Government
A group of colonists gathered at the _________________ ___________, where taxes on imported goods were paid to Great Britain. When soldiers arrived, an exchange of angry _________ and ____________ quickly turned __________________.
Customs House
Words
Insults
Physical