Chapter 13

Question 0

Boston Massacre

Answer 0

• Took place in Boston on March 5, 1770 in front of the Boston Custom House
• Paul Revere + Sam Adams made it sound like it was the british’s fault by using propaganda
• 5 people died and 7 people were wounded
• The massacre was an accident
• there was a fight between the colonists and a soldier and the soldier called for help
• one of the soldiers claimed he heard the word fire and shot his gun into the middle of the crowd, all the other soldiers panicked and fired as well
• Should not be called a Massacre
• John Adams defended the soldier in trial and only 2 were found guilty and their thumbs were branded with and “M” for manslaughter

Question 1

John Adams

Answer 1

• Sam Adam’s cousin
• honest, serious, very intelligent
• farmer
• one of the colonies best lawyers
• solid citizen
• helped lead revolution
• alway did what he thought was fair
• defended the 8 british soldiers from the Boston massacre (2 guilty)
• self government, wanted a government based on fair play

Question 2

Boston Commons

Answer 2

• The place where the british soldier set up camp (Quartering Act)
• A big grassy area in the center town (Boston)

Question 3

Paul Revere

Answer 3

• silver smith
• dedicated patriot
• dentist, printer, good horseback rider, a friend of Sam Adams
• made famous engraving of Boston Massacre, but it was from a patriots point of view
• In April 1775, he had his famous ride
• was supposed to get from Boston to Concord, but got caught outside of Lexington (he also had 2 other men helping him)
• He told everyone in town, the redcoats were coming and that they wanted to take the storage of the Patriot’s weapons

Question 4

Committees of Correspondence

Answer 4

• Started by Sam Adams
• they were a group of men who wrote back in forth between colonies
• the men helped each other with their problems
• Soon became a congress, the first continental congress
• there were 13 members one from each colony

Question 5

Loyalist

Answer 5

• Americans who supported the king were called loyalists because they remained loyal to the existing government
• Some were called Tories
• Tory political party believed the king should keep firm control over the colonies

Question 6

Patriots

Answer 6

• Patriots were Americans who wanted to be free from the British rule
• some where called Whigs
• Whigs were an English political party who mostly believed that the colonies should be able to govern themselves

Question 7

First Continental Congress

Answer 7

• Started with the Committees of Correspondence and formed into the first Continental Congress
• They first met in 1774 in Philadelphia, which was America’s leading city at the time
• Each colony except Georgia, sent one representative or delegate to meet
• Talked about the stamp act and they made a plan to not buy any goods from the British
• they past 10 resolutions in the their meeting

Question 8

Propaganda

Answer 8

• Meaning of the word: Taking a small thing and changing it around to make people care and take it over the top
• Boston Massacre
• Made the British soldiers look bad
• The Boston Massacre turned colonists against British soldiers + the king
• Paul Revere and Sam Adams created the drawing and term, they knew it would make a good propaganda
• it helped start war