Vocab
Act of public torture and humiliation - colonists often did this to tax collectors and British Loyalists
Tarring and feathering
What forbade colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains, slowing westward expansion?
Proclamation of 1763
What three ways did the First Continental Congress respond to the Intolerable Acts?
1. Wrote a letter to the king
2. Boycott of British goods
3. Reconvene in 1 year if demands not met
Fedora/Beret/Wig/Moccasins/Sombrero
Moccasins - you wear on your feet
Jumanji - not a Will Ferrell movie
supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies
Patriots
British was in debt and taxed colonists in order to relieve some of their debt. Which two taxes (Acts) did they pass on the colonists?
Stamp Act and Sugar Act
The British response to the Boston Tea Party was the Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts). What were three of the four acts involved in the Intolerable Acts?
1. Boston Harbor was closed until tea repaid
2. Quartering Act
3. Revoked Massachusetts charter - suspending local government
4. British officials charged with crimes were tried in London
Raymond/Valparisio/Wahoo/Mead
Raymond - Not in Saunders County
Lego Movie/Jurassic World/Guardians of the Galaxy/Greatest Showman
Greatest Showman - Not a Chris Pratt movie
revoke or withdraw
repeal
What does the phrase, "No taxation without representation" mean?
Colonists had no representative delegate in Parliament - the governing body imposing the taxes - British had a rule of not taxing British without a representative member
How did the Tea Act actually make tea cheaper for the colonists?
It cut out the middleman - selling directly to the colonists and avoiding the merchant
April/June/August/September/November
August - has 31 days - the rest have 30
Jets/Lions/Dolphins/Raiders
Jets - They are the only ones who don't have a 20 year+ drought of a playoff win (Lions are 31 years - LOL)
Patriot soldiers who had to be ready in short notice
minutemen
newspapers, wills, bill of sales, shipping invoices, playing cards
Why did General Gage send troops to Lexington and Concord? (name 2)
He was searching for ammunition and he wanted to arrest Sons of Liberty Leaders (Adams and Hancock)
Belarus/San Marino/Kosovo/Macedonia/Sierra Leone
Titanic/Andrea Doria/Edmund Fitzgerald/Bartolo Colon
Bartolo Colon - he's a baseball player - others are ships that have wrecked
a person who represents others
delegate
They were in severe debt and they were protecting the colonists (they also blamed the colonists for starting the war)
Ben Franklin tried to organize the colonies during the French and Indian War with the 'Albany Plan of Union'. In 1774, a similar action took place when 12 of the 13 colonies voted to send delegates to Philadelphia to respond to the Intolerable Acts. What was that event called?
First Continental Congress
Three of these country flags have the color blue, one doesn't
Netherlands/Ghana/Brazil/CentralAfrican Republic
Ghana
Alex Gordon/Lorenzo Cain/Eric Hosmer/Bobby Witt
Bobby Witt - not a member of the Royals 2015 World Series Championship