Events that led to Revolutionary war

________ are American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

The Coercive Acts was designed to punish the colonists after

• the Boston Massacre

• the Boston Tea Party

• The French and Indian War

• the tar and feathering of the tax collectors and the Kings friends.

In American the colonists called the punishment the Intolerable Acts; what did they call it in Britain?

• War Acts

• Deserved acts

• Coercive Acts

• Acts against America

The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans

• Propaganda

• Boston Massacre

• Tarring and Feathering

• status quo

Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

• Sons of Liberty

• Sovereignty

• Boston Tea Party (1773)

• Stamp Act Congress

What was the Colonial response to the Tea Act

that Led to the Intolerable Acts?

Answer explanation

30-130 colonists - dressed as Mohawk Indians - boarded British ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor

*Historical Significance:*

September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies except Georgia sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts.

• Sons of Liberty

• Stamp Act Congress

• Stamp Act Congress

• First Continental Congress

Propaganda IS NOT

• the present state. Or the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.

• information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Status Quo is the present state. Or the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.

• TRUE

• FALSE

_________ are American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence