Uniting the Colonists

Who declared that rather than part with freedom, "we'll part with our tea"?

• The Daughters of Liberty

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams

• The Sons of Liberty

After the Boston Massacre, Great Britain repealed all the Townshend Acts except the tax on _____________.

• silk

• sugar

• stamps

• tea

Samuel Adams and the committees of correspondence rallied colonists to stay loyal to King George III.

• True

• False

The colonists called the British soldiers "redcoats."

• True

• False

A refusal to buy certain goods is called a boycott.

• True

• False

Information designed to influence people's opinions is called ____________.

• debate

• resolutions

• propaganda

• proclamations

Parliament repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the tax on paper, because of the increased boycotts on British goods.

• True

• False

The Boston Massacre happened after _____________.

• a British general told the troops to march on Boston

• the British soldiers took some colonists hostage

• the colonists moved forward, and someone knocked down a British soldier

• the colonists demanded to see the king

Britain feared a rebellion so it sent more troopsto Boston.

• True

• False

What did the colonists call the Coercive Acts?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts