The RTR S2

Question 0

Committee of correspondence

Answer 0

An organization that circulated writings about colonists’ greivances against Britain-spread the news

Question 1

Propaganda

Answer 1

Information designed to influence opinion

Question 2

Boston Massacre

Answer 2

Angry townspeople going against British soldiers (redcoats) in Boston
March 5, 1770!

Question 3

Crispus Attucks

Answer 3

Died in the Boston Massacre-part NA, part black

Question 4

Boston Tea Party

Answer 4

December, 1773
Determined no tea to come to shore
30 men ~ Mohawk Indians (signal S. Adams) at night
$1 million in damage

Question 5

Coercive Acts

Answer 5

Intolerable Acts-King George III punishes people
Closed the port of Boston
Royal officers: tried in London
Governmental positions appointed by King
Banned most town meetings
Bostonians shelter soldiers

Question 6

Lord North

Answer 6

New Prime Minister-repealed Townshend Acts except for tea

Question 7

Tea Act

Answer 7

Gave the East India Company a monopoly (no substitutes) on the trade in tea
Right to ship tea to the colonies (no tax)
made it illegal for the colonies to buy non-British tea
Bypass colonial merchants sell directly to shopkeepers
forced the colonies to pay the tea tax of 3 cents/pound.