The Colonists Rebel (My World 5.2)

This event occurred on March 5, 1770 in Boston.  Angry colonists surrounded army British soldiers, causing them to fire into the crown, killing 5 people.

• The Boston Tea Party
• The Boston Massacre
• The French & Indian War
• The American Revolution

A _____________ is the killing of many people who cannot defend themselves.

• boycott
• massacre
• protest
• war

This event occurred in December of 1773.  The Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships full of tea, then dumped the tea chests into the harbor.

• The Boston Massacre
• The American Revolution
• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Boston Tea Party

King George III and Parliament wanted to ________ Boston for destroying and not paying for the tea.

• celebrate
• punish
• correct
• help

Colonists were ordered to feed and house British soldiers as part of the __________ Act.

• Housing
• Quartering
• Tea
• Townshend

These are what the colonists called all of the punishments that King George III and Parliament placed on them.

• The Intolerable Acts
• The Quartering Act
• The Tea Act
• The Stamp Act

___________ were colonists who remained loyal to King George and the British government.

• Loyalists
• Patriots

____________ were colonists who opposed British rule; they wanted to form their own government.

• Loyalists
• Patriots

This meeting was held in September of 1774.  This is where colonists voted to stop all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.

• First Continental Congress
• House of Burgesses
• Constitutional Convention
• Second Continental Congress

____________ are volunteer armies.

• minutemen
• militias
• Redcoats
• Regulars