1. Million Dollar Challenge
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2. What were two reasons Great Britain taxed the colonists?
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What were two reasons Great Britain taxed the colonists?
To make money to pay for the French and Indian War, and to show the colonists they were still in charge.
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3. What are the Son’s of Liberty and who organized this group?
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What are the Son’s of Liberty and who organized this group?
The Son’s of Liberty were a group of Colonists formed by Samuel Adams to oppose British laws and taxes.
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4. How did the women help protest the Townshend Act?
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How did the women help protest the Townshend Act?
They formed the Daughters of Liberty, and made their own tea and cloth to support the boycott.
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5. Lesson 1 for 400 What were the Townshend Acts?
How did the Colonists protest this tax?
The townshend acts were a tariff or tax on any imported good such as tea, wool, and paper from Britain. To protest this act the colonists started a boycott by refusing to buy British goods.
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6. Lesson 1 for 500
Name 3 ways the Colonists protested the Stamp Act. What was the result of these protests.
Colonists burned stamps, threatened or attacked stamp agents, destroyed stamp agents houses, hung life-size puppets with the saying, “What greater joy did New England see than a stamp man hanging on a tree. By the time the stamp act was official there were no stamp agents left to sell the stamps.
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7. How many colonists died during the Boston Massacre?
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How many colonists died during the Boston Massacre?
5 Colonists
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8. What was the purpose of the Committee of Correspondence?
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What was the purpose of the Committee of Correspondence?
To deliver important news throughout the colonies.
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9. Lesson 2 for 300 What was the tea act?
The tea act said that the colonists must buy their tea from the East India Company and still had to pay a tax for the tea.
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10. Lesson 2 for 400
On December 16th 1773 Sons of Liberty dressed like Mohawks and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor. What was this event called and why did they do it?
This was known as the Boston Tea Party, and it was to protest the tea act.
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11. Lesson 2 for 500
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain decided to punish the colonists with what would be known as the “Intolerable Acts”. What were the three intolerable acts?
British soldiers returned to the colonies and were to be housed and fed by the colonists.
British General Thomas Gage was put in charge of Boston.
No ships could enter or leave Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the tea.
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12. Lesson 3 for 100 Lexington- Arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock
On the night of April 18, 1775 the British started marching. Where were they going (2 places) and why?
Lexington- Arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock
Concord- Seize and destroy Patriot weapons stored there.
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13. To point cannons on Boston and force the British to leave.
Lesson 3 for 200
Why did the Patriots build a fort on Breed’s Hill?
To point cannons on Boston and force the British to leave.
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14. Lesson 3 for 300
Put the following events in the order in which they happened.
a. The Colonists and the British fight in Concord
b. Paul Revere warns Hancock and Adams
c. The Colonists and the British fight in Lexington
d. Paul Revere finds out that the British are marching to Lexington and Concord
e. The British retreat back to Boston losing lots of men on the way.
f. The shot heard round the world
d, b, f, c, a, e
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15. Lesson 3 for 400
What did William Prescott mean when he said, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”? Why did he say this?
He meant to wait until the British were very close before they fired. From up close their weapons are more accurate and powerful, and they didn’t want to waste ammunition.
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16. Lesson 3 for 500
What did Patriot General Nathanael Greene mean when he said, “I wish we could sell them another hill at the same price”
He would gladly give up a mound of dirt in exchange for the 1,000 British soldiers who were wounded or killed during the battle.
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17. Misc. for 100 The Stamp Act was a tax on __________.
All printed materials- legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, etc.
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18. Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Georgia.
Misc. for 200
The ____________________ was a meeting in ______________. Every Colony was represented except _________________.
Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Georgia.
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19. Misc. for 300
Who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre? Why did he help them?
John Adams, cousin of Sam Adams. He helped them because he thought they deserved a fair trial.
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20. Misc. for 400 George Washington
Who was the wealthy farmer from Virginia who said, “I will raise 1000 men and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston?
George Washington
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21. Misc. for 500 What 3 decisions were made at the Continental Congress?
Stop all trade with Britain
Begin forming militias
Meet again in one year if things are not better.
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22. Vocabulary for 100 Repeal To cancel
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23. A colonist who opposed British rule.
Vocabulary for 200
Patriot
A colonist who opposed British rule.
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24. Vocabulary for 300 Militia Volunteer Army
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25. Committees of Correspondence
Vocabulary for 400
Committees of Correspondence
Group of express riders who deliver important news throughout the colonies.
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26. Britain’s law making assembly
Vocabulary for 500
Britain’s law making assembly
Parliament
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