1/28/22 Flashcards
What were legal documents to search homes for smuggled goods without a warrant?
Townshend Acts
What was the rebellious women’s group that were against unfair taxes?
Daughters of Liberty
Who published plays that made fun of British officials?
Mercy Otis Warren
What was the name of the time when the colonists were snowball fighting and the word “fire was shouted”?
Boston Massacre
Who was the African American dock worker who was most famous for dying during the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What religious group did Crispus Attucks belong to?
Sons of Liberty
Who was the cousin to Sam Adams and eventually became the 2nd President of the United States?
John Adams
John Adams defended the soldiers so they could get what type of trial?
fair trial
Who was the defense attorney in the trial?
John Adams
Who was the prosecuting attorney during the trial?
Thomas Becket
Adam’s argument stated that the shooting was what?
self defense
What was the british soldier’s punishment for killing the colonists?
2 thumbs branded
What is information designed to influence opinion?
Propaganda
What did the colonists say the British solders did to them?
slaughtered
What was the group where members wrote letters to other colonists in other colonies and kept them informed of what was going on politically?
Committees of Correspondence
