Flash Cards Boston Massacre - 1st Continental Congress

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Which group formed the Sons of Liberty?

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Patroits

Front

The name Boston Massacre was given the event in order to...?

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Create anti-British sentiment

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How did many Loyalists view the Patriots?

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Ungrateful rebels

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In what way did Great Britain increase its control of the colonies?

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required that colonists pay taxes

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What was Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party?

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intolerable acts

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Why did Britain create the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?

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punish colonist for the Boston Tea Party

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Colonists thought some of the English laws were unfair. What is one way they tried to change these laws?

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holding boycotts

Front

Which event did Paul Revere make engravings of?

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Boston Massacre

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What actions did the mob take against the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre?

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They threw snowballs, stones, and sticks at the soldiers.

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Which future President stepped up to represent the British as their lawyer after the Boston Massacre?

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John Adams