Think Like a Historian & Road to Independence Quiz

What is the name of the women's patriot group that wanted freedom from England and King George? They helped sew clothing and made patriot tea in protest of British goods.

• Riot Girls

• Nieces of Freedom

• Betsy Ross & The Supremes

• Daughters of Liberty

What is the act called that taxed all legal documents like newspapers, books, and playing cards?

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

_______________ asks historians to consider what other sources on the event/topic say. This is done to determine where sources agree and disagree.

• Secondary source

• Corroboration

• primary source

• close reading

_________________ means locating the document in time and place. Seeking out what other events were going on in the world that might have influenced the document.

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What vocabulary word means: to refuse to buy or do certain things?

• repeal

• boycott

• representative

• 1st Continental Congress

What was the name of the group that was loyal to Great Britain and King George?

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What started the Boston Massacre?

• King George told British soldiers to attack them

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  A colonist attacked a soldier outside a post office

• British soldiers caught colonists smuggling goods

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  An argument and a snowball fight

What event happened first? * Hint: Think about why Great Britain needed to tax the colonist?

• French and Indian War

• Boston Tea Party

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

What was the Quartering Act?

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  If you chose to go to court against Britain, you would have to go to England

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  Colonists had to house British soldiers and provide for them

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  Sugar from countries besides England were taxed

• No good would be sent to colonies until tea was paid for

What is the name of the men's patriot group that wanted freedom from England and King George? This group started in Boston in 1775.

• The Tories

• One Direction

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty