SS Test Flashcards
a group of angry British soldiers fired guns at defenseless colonist and killed 5 people on March 5, 1770
Boston Massacre
a group of people who wrote to each other about local events
Committee of Correspondence
a law that said the East India Company would be the only one allowed to sell tea to the colonies
Tea Act
the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves and dumped all the tea from ships
Boston Tea Party
The 4 laws made after the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Act
Intolerable Act Laws:
- British Soldiers sent back
- colonists food and house soldiers
- Massachusetts’s was put under control of British General
- The port of Boston was closed
colonists who opposed british rule were called
patriots
colonists who remained loyal to the king were known as
loyalists
a meeting to discuss the intolerable act
First Continental Congress
a volunteer army is called
militia
the militia group called themselves _________ because they could be ready to fight very quickly.
minutemen
a place in Massachusetts’s where the Boston Massacre happened
Boston
the place where 12 leaders met to talk about the Intolerable Act
Philadelphia
a place in Virginia where Patrick Henry made a famous speech “Liberty or Death”
Richmond
a group of sailors who led a group to a protest
Crispus Attacks
This person opposed British taxes and defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
John Adams
known as “express rider”
Paul Revere
a British general who took control of Boston
Thomas Gage
the man who represented Virginia in the First Continential Congress- voted to stop British taxes - fought in French and Indian War
George Washington
What events brought Boston and Britain closer to war
- Boston Massacre
- Boston Tea Party
- Intolerable Acts
The goal of the Committees of Correspondence was to
share news quickly
Cause: parliament passed the Tea Act
Effect: Boston Tea Party
Cause: tensions rose between soldiers and colonists in Boston
Effect: Boston Massacre
The ___________ required all colonists to pay tax on printed materials
stamp act
Laws requiring a tax to be paid on imported goods
Townshend Acts
A battle that took place on Breed’s Hill- many British soldiers were lost
Battle of Bunker Hill
The _________________ supported the boycott of imported goods by making tea from herbs and berries and weaving their own cloth
Daughters of Liberty
Who accepted the position of commander for Continental Army
George Washington
Common Sense was published and convinced many people that
it was time to declare independence
Cause: congress decides to declare independence
Effect: Declaration of Independence is written
What did Thomas Jefferson do to help with Declaration of Indpendence
wrote the words and helped come up with ideas
Who published Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Army of paid soldiers
Continental Army
a written request for rights or benefits
petition
Freedoms are
rights
a crime of fighting against ones own country
treason
what events marked the beginning of the American Revolution
- the shot heard around the world
- the Battle of Bunker Hill
How did Paul Revere warn the colonists
rode to concord and lexingtion to warn militias
Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott were all
Express Riders
John Hancock was a
patriot leader
the war between the 13 colonies and Great Britain - the colonies were fighting for freedom
American Revolution
