Question 1

Samuel Adams

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American Revolutionary leader and patriot; organized the Committees of Correspondence; Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence

Question 2

John Adams

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His belief in the importance of the rule of law led him to defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre; argued that they fired in self-defense

Question 3

Patrick Henry

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Member of the House of Burgesses and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies and taxation without representation.

Question 4

Crispus Attucks

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Sailor of African and Native American descent; first to die in Boston Massacre

Question 5

Quartering Act

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Required the colonists to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.

Question 6

Intolerable Acts

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Passed by Parliament in 1774 in reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closed Boston Harbor until tea was paid for, stronger version of the Quartering Act, banned the Committees of Correspondence, and allowed British officers to be tried in England for crimes committed in colonies; British called them the Coercive Acts

Question 7

civil disobedience

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Breaking the law as a form on non-violent protest

Question 8

Boycott

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Refusal to buy goods as a form of protest

Question 9

Propaganda

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Ideas and information that are exaggerated and one sided; designed to convince and persuade

Question 10

"The Bloody Massacre"

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Engraving depicting the Boston Massacre created by Paul Revere; One of the most effective pieces of patriot propaganda leading to the Revolutionary war

Question 11

Boston Massacre

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Started with an argument between colonists and a British soldier; escalated to violence; five colonists were killed but called a "massacre" as anti-British propaganda

Question 12

Stamp Act

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Law that taxed paper goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

Question 13

Townshend Acts

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Passed by Parliament in 1767, placed taxes on imported materials such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. Led to outrage - protests and boycotts

Question 14

Boston Tea Party

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Protest against the Tea Act in which Boston Sons of Liberty disguised as Native Amercans dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.

Question 15

Writs of assistance

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Unlimited search warrants that allowed England to search colonists' ships and other private property to look for smuggled goods

Question 16

Committees of Correspondence

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A network of communication organized by Samuel Adams to write letters to keep colonists informed on British actions (colonial social media)

Question 17

Sons of Liberty

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A radical political organization formed to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies; protests included both non-violent and violent actions

Question 18

"no taxation without representation"

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Slogan that reflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament

Question 19

Tea Act

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Law that gave British East India company monopoly on colonial tea; despite lower price of tea colonists were still angry over taxation without representation and merchants and smugglers were worried it would cost them profits

Question 20

Sugar Act

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First direct tax Parliament place on the colonists; taxed imported sugar and molasses

Question 21

Proclamation of 1763

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Law passed after French and Indian War that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains; passed and enforced to limit cost of protecting settlers from Native attacks

Question 22

French and Indian War

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Debt incurred during this war caused Britain to abandon policy of salutary neglect towards the American colonies; Parliament began to directly tax the colonists and enforce its laws

Question 23

not guilty

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Verdict for all but two of the soldiers charged with murder in the Boston Massacre; two were found guilty of accidental murder

Question 24

tar and feathering

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Violent protest used against British tax collectors in the American colonies; publicly humiliating, painful and sometimes deadly

Question 25

repeal

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To cancel a law

Question 26

5

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Number of colonists killed during the Boston Massacre

Question 27

Salutary neglect

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Passing laws but not enforcing them; the British abandoned this policy after the French and Indian War and began to pass and enforce laws in the colonies

Question 28

King George III

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British King before, during and after the American Revolution

Question 29

duties

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Taxes on goods

Question 30

committee

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A group created for a specific purpose

Question 31

correspondence

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Communication through writing letters

Question 32

coerce

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To force, intimidate, bully

Question 33

intolerable

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Unbearable, unable to endure

Question 34

treason

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To betray one’s country

Question 35

Redcoat

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British soldier

Question 36

customs officials

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Tax collectors

Question 37

Act

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Another name for a law

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