Who were the Sons of Liberty and what was their role in pre-Revolutionary War events?

• A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act

• British troops that protect the King

• Colonists troops that fought in the French and Indian War.

Why did King George III tax the colonists so heavily?

• He hated the colonist
• He wanted more money for himself
• The national debt increase from the French and Indian War
• To make money for the colonies

what countries fought in the French and Indian War?

• France and Spain

• Great Britain and Russia

• France and Great Britain

After colonist threw rocks, sticks and snowballs at British forces, this event happened leading to tense relations between the British military and colonists.

• firing on Lexington and Concord
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Battle at Bunker Hill

Refusing to buy a product or service

• Cede
• Blockade
• Boycott

The British government put a tax on something the colonists drank.  What was it?

• coffee
• milk
• tea
• water

What did the sons of Liberty do to protest the tax on their favorite drink?

• nothing
• they boarded ships and threw the tea into the water
• they paid the tax
• they wrote a newspaper article about the unfair tax

Why did many colonists oppose Great Britain, or want to break away?

• They felt Great Britain did not have the right to tax them and impose laws without their representation.
• Great Britain stole their land.
• Some of the colonists just liked to fight.

War fought between French and British over land

• French and Indian War

• World War 1

• American Revolution

• Civil War

During the ______________________, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act