Fighting Begins in the North

confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Freedom Parade

• Boston Marathon

• Boston Harbor

• Boston Harbor

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.

• Quartering Acts

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

What did Patriots want?

• Dependence on Britain

• Independence from Britain

After Lexington and Concord, who gathered in Pennsylvania to decide how the colonies should respond to Britain’s growing threat.

• British Parliament

• The Second Continental Congress.

• The Colonists.

• George Washington

to be ready for service at a minute's notice meant you were...

• hourmen

• Redcoat

• minusmen

• minutemen

a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Patrolman

• Supporter

sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

• Besiegement

• Barricade

• Blockade

• Bar

2. THE _________________ IS A FORCE MADE UP OF CIVILIANS TRAINED AS SOLDIERS BUT NOT PART OF THE REGULAR ARMY. (PAGE 140)

• MILITIA

• ALLIANCE

• BOYCOTT

• PETITION

14. BRITAIN HAD THE MOST POWERFUL NAVY AND USED IT TO TRANSPORT TROOPS AND SUPPLIES AND ______________________________ AMERICAN PORTS, WHICH IS TO SHUT OFF THE PORTS BY SHIPS TO KEEP PEOPLE OR SUPPLIES FROM MOVING IN OR OUT. (PAGE 161)

• BOYCOTT

• DUTY

• ALLIANCE

• BLOCKADE