Flashcards

Question 0

King of England who punished the colonists

Answer 0

George III

Question 1

Refusal of the colonists to buy British goods

Answer 1

Boycotts

Question 2

Prime Minister under George who set up the tax acts

Answer 2

George Greenville

Question 3

Most wanted colonist who led the Sons of Liberty

Answer 3

Sam Adams

Question 4

Fiery speaker who said give me liberty or give me death

Answer 4

Patrick Henry

Question 5

President of the Continental Congress and the first president of the United States

Answer 5

George Washington

Question 6

He set up the second group of tax acts

Answer 6

Charles Townsend

Question 7

Group of colonists who harassed tax collectors and soldiers

Answer 7

Sons of liberty

Question 8

Colonist who are prepared to fight in an instant

Answer 8

Minutemen

Question 9

Group of colonists who wrote to other colonies about news

Answer 9

Committees of correspondence

Question 10

First meeting of all colonies to discuss British tax acts

Answer 10

Stamp act congress

Question 11

Said colonist couldn’t go over the Appalachian Mountains to settle

Answer 11

Proclamation of 1763

Question 12

Colonies existed for the benefit of England

Answer 12

Mercantile Theory

Question 13

Indian who attacked the colonist and the colonist didn’t ask England for help

Answer 13

Pontiac

Question 14

Smuggled Tea

Answer 14

John Hancock

Question 15

Ship that colonist burned in Rhode Island

Answer 15

Gaspee

Question 16

Lawmakers of England

Answer 16

Parliament

Question 17

British required colonist to pay Anglican preachers

Answer 17

Parsons cause

Question 18

Illegal running of goods for profit

Answer 18

Smuggling

Question 19

Many people killed at once

Answer 19

Massacre

Question 20

Top executive of England; answers only to King

Answer 20

Prime Minister