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5th Chapter 8

Events leading to the Revolutionary War

Question	Answer
the war between the colonies and Britain for independence	American Revolution
a tax placed on all printed goods in the colonies	Stamp Act
a person ready to fight in a minutes notice in the colonies	minutemen
to refuse to buy	boycott
A group of men who organized the Boston Tea Party and other protests in the colonies	Sons of Liberty
A group of women who organized to help during the Revolutionary War by making cloth and tea during the boycott	Daughters of Liberty
What was the motto that explained why the colonists were angry with Britain over taxes?	"No taxation without representation!"
Who organized the Sons of Liberty	Samuel Adams
Who said, "Give me Liberty, or Give me death?"	Patrick Henry
to refuse to buy or participate	boycott
A group formed to spread information throughout the colonies about the events between the British and colonists	Committees of Correspondance
Which patriot is famous for warning colonists of the British attack?	Paul Revere
Which battle began with "the shot heard round the world?"	Lexington
Which event caused the Intolerable Acts?	Boston Tea Party
Who offered to lead men into battle for the relief of Boston	George Washington
Which brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?	Concord
Laws calling for a tax on imported goods	Townshend Act
to cancel or take away	repeal
a colonist who opposed British rule	patriot
a colonist who felt the colonists should not rebel against the King's rule	loyalist
a group who could be ready to fight very quickly for their colony	minutemen
He defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre	John Adams
colonists dressed like Mohawks dumped tea in the harbor	Boston Tea Party
These laws closed down Boston Harbor until the tea was payed for and required colonists to house and feed soldiers	Intolerable Acts
Britain's lawmaking body	Parliament
the killing of 5 colonists by British soldiers after an argument on Boston's streets between the soldiers and a group of colonists	Boston Massacre
one of the people killed in the Boston Massacre	Crispus Attucks
Most of the events leading to the Revolutionary War happened in this important port city	Boston
a tax on imported goods	tariff
this law caused the Boston Tea Party	Tea Act
The largest city in the colonies and where the First Continental Congress met	Philadelphia
A meeting where colonists decided to organize militias and stop all trade with Britain	First Continental Congress

Created by: mweinman on 2011-03-23

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5th Chapter 8

Events leading to the Revolutionary War