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Rise to Rebellion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Author of the Suffolk Resolves urging resistance to British policies and withholding taxes until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. He was tragically killed at Bunker Hill | Joseph Warren |
| Created a print of the Boston Massacre that served as propaganda to arouse the Bostonians against the British. Famously rode to warn of the coming attack of the British soldiers at Lexington | Paul Revere |
| British Prime Minister from the time of the Coercive Acts to the end of the Revolution | Frederick North |
| Chancellor of the exchequer who originated duties on lead, glass, tea, and the other items | Charles Townshend |
| Fiery patriot leader whose inflammatory writings increased colonial discontent with British rule and who helped organize protests in Boston, especially the Boston Tea Party | Samuel Adams |
| Pennsylvanian who proposed a compromise scheme that involved creating a Grand Council that would legislate for the colonies and Britain would have a veto | Joseph Galloway |
| Wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania in opposition to the Townshend Acts, but who still hoped to remain loyal to England | John Dickinson |
| Defense lawyers for the soldiers of the "Boston Massacre" and Massachusetts delegate at the Continental Congress, who argued forcefully for declaring independence | John Adams |
| Led the British infantry that marched to Lexington and Concord | John Pitcairn |
| Colonel who led the American forces at Breed's and Bunker's Hills. He bravely exposed himself to enemy fire in order to inspire his men | William Prescott |
| British general who commanded the men at Bunker Hill and later in New York and Pennsylvania | William Howe |
| Governor of Massachusetts whose letters were published and exposed that he had written advising that the liberties of the colonists be limited for "the good of the colony." | Thomas Hutchinson |
| Commander-in-Chief of British forces in North America and military governor of Massachusetts. His attempt to take an arms depot at Concord resulted in the first battles at Lexington and Concord. He resigned after Bunker Hill | Thomas Gage |
| Selected as commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army | George Washington |
| Wealthy Bostonian who helped to finance colonial protests and served as president of the Continental Congress | John Hancock |
| Joined in the attack on Fort Ticonderoga | Benedict Arnold |
| Led Americans to capture Fort Ticonderoga | Ethan Allen |
| English captain of the soldiers involved in the so-called Boston Massacre | Thomas Preston |
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