L12D2 "Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?" Vocabulary

In April 1775, who fired first at Lexington: a _____ patriot or a loyal British soldier?

• rebellious

• midst

• prohibit

• repeal

Willful, _____ patriots refused to obey British laws.

• repeal

• contrary

• advantages

• temporary

Colonists _____ to the Stamp Act of 1765, protesting that its taxes were unfair.

• benefit

• prohibit

• protested

• advantages

In the Boston Massacre of 1770, five colonists dies in the _____ or middle, of a riot.

• rebellious

• previously

• repeal

• midst

Sam Adams argued that it would be a help, or _____, to be independent.

• benefit

• contrary

• previously

• temporary

For the Boston Tea Party, patriots wore _____ disguises, then removed them.

• benefit

• temporary

• prohibit

• contrary

In 1766, Parliament voted to _____ the hated Stamp Act. The act was withdrawn.

• contrary

• advantages

• repeal

• benefit

More soldiers and guns were the British army's _____, or superior qualities.

• midst

• contrary

• objected

• advantages

Many men, _____ peaceful farmers, became patriot soldiers during the Revolution.

• previously

• advantages

• objected

• temporary

The Declaration of Independence sought to _____, or forbid, political tyranny.

• contrary

• prohibit

• previously

• objected