Chpt 6 Flashcards
_____ sick
Pitt
When was the boston massacre
March 5, 1770
______ Bostonians died during the boston massacre because they threw ______ at British soldiers
5
Snowballs
Lord north became the new ______ ______
Prime minister
Repealed Townsend acts because they’re too _____ to enforce
Expensive
They kept the tax on ______
Tea
Committee of correspondence in ____
1772
What two men ran the committee of correspondence
John Adams and Samuel Hancock
What did the committee of corospondence do
Organized a group of 21 men to keep other colonies informed on problems with Britain
When was the boston tea party
December 12 1773
What company sold cheap tea
British east India company
At The Boston tea party patriots dumped ______ chests of tea into __________
340
Boston harbor
The quartering act was when britishtroops could go into any _______
Building
In the boston port bill, the boston port was closed until the patriots would ___________ no ships _____ no ships out
Pay their tea tax
In
Quebec act in ______ scared the colonists because ________ was the religion of Quebec and they feared loosing religious freedom and being ruled by ______
1774
Catholicism
Pope
When was the first continental congress?
September 5 1774
Oct 14,1774 they recognized the ______ of _____
Authority of king
Who said “give me liberty or give me death”? Who was if said to
Patrick Henry
House of burgesses
Volunteer militia was _______
Minutemen
First battle of revolution ?
Lexington and concord
Shot heard round the world- what battle
Battle of Lexington and concord
April ____, 1775 Brits head for concord
18
What 3 men warns that the British were coming
Revere, Dawes,a nd prescott
April _____ 1774 - British win battle of _______
19
Lexington and concord
