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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who is Thomas paine? WHat is he known for | “Common Sense” helped convince Colonial leaders that no future existed for them and the Crown. |
| 1763 bunker hill what happened | George Washington snuck into their fort on bunker hill captured all the British and forced them to surrender with a captured canon |
| what is the stamp act | brings prices up on Alamacs, dice, playing cards, newspapers, and legal documents. has a stamp on it to show that it is getting taxed |
| what is the Boston tea party | WHen the colonists go on a ship and pour out 121 crates of tea into the Boston harbor. |
| Townshend acts | glass, paper, paint led, and tea |
| • Writs of Assistance | this act made the British be able to go and check the colonists ships to prevent smuggled items that aren't taxed. or good from anywhere else. |
| what are the Quartering acts | British troops could walk into a house and you would have to treat them with a bed and food. |
| what is the Boston massacre | the Boston massacre is when the Bostonians though icicles, and snowballs and oyster shells |
| In 1770 what happened | most taxes were repealed/ got rid of them besides tea. no quartering acts. |
| town meeting were limited to how many | 1 |
| The colonies used these people for local emergency | Militiamen / minute men |
| British rain there army to blank to unarm the militia men | Concord |
| who rode on a horse to warn the militiamen | Paul revere |
| what is paul Revere famous for | his painting of the Boston Massacre |
| The british sent a peace treaty called the | olive branch petition |
| what does olive branch mean. | peace |
| the British gained fort blank--- in 1775 which led to blank---- | Ticonderoga , Canada |
| who becomes the army leader in 1775 for the colonies. | George washington |
| first fight that started the war was the fight and blank blank | bunker hill |
| who is Thomas paine? WHat is he known for | “Common Sense” helped convince Colonial leaders that no future existed for them and the Crown. |
| 1763 bunker hill what happened | George Washington snuck into their fort on bunker hill captured all the British and forced them to surrender with a captured canon |
| what is the stamp act | brings prices up on Alamacs, dice, playing cards, newspapers, and legal documents. has a stamp on it to show that it is getting taxed |
| what is the Boston tea party | WHen the colonists go on a ship and pour out 121 crates of tea into the Boston harbor. |
| Townshend acts | glass, paper, paint led, and tea |
| • Writs of Assistance | this act made the British be able to go and check the colonists ships to prevent smuggled items that aren't taxed. or good from anywhere else. |
| what are the Quartering acts | British troops could walk into a house and you would have to treat them with a bed and food. |
| what is the Boston massacre | the Boston massacre is when the Bostonians though icicles, and snowballs and oyster shells |
| In 1770 what happened | most taxes were repealed/ got rid of them besides tea. no quartering acts. |
| town meeting were limited to how many | 1 |
| The colonies used these people for local emergency | Militiamen / minute men |
| British rain there army to blank to unarm the militia men | Concord |
| who rode on a horse to warn the militiamen | Paul revere |
| what is paul Revere famous for | his painting of the Boston Massacre |
| The british sent a peace treaty called the | olive branch petition |
| what does olive branch mean. | peace |
| the British gained fort blank--- in 1775 which led to blank---- | Ticonderoga , Canada |
| who becomes the army leader in 1775 for the colonies. | George washington |
| first fight that started the war was the fight and blank blank | bunker hill |
| this was a success for the colonies because | they lost but and doubled the men killed for the British |
| defense is a | advantage |
| minimize |