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