Pre-Revolution Power Players

1. Pre-Revolution Power Players Some people who were kind of “a big deal”

2. _______________________ Ruled as King of England at the time. Determined to maintain power over colonists. Kept 10,000 soldiers in colonies to enforce The Proclamation of ________. In later life, diagnosed as mentally-ill.

3. King George III

4. _______________________ -Important member of Virginia’s House of Burgesses -Called for resistance immediately following Stamp Act -Accused by another house member of (betraying one’s own country) he replied, Famous words: “Give me liberty, or give me death!” “If this be__________, make the most of it!”

5. What’s another name for the Intolerable Acts?

6. Patrick Henry

7. ____________________________ -Secret societies built around opposing British Policy. Started with “The Loyal __#___” -Started the motto “No taxation…” -Known to attack customs officials -Burn stamps -Result of Quartering/Stamp/Sugar Acts

8. The Sons of Liberty

9. ____________________________ -Commander in Chief of British forces in America (1763-1775) -Tried to seize military stores which supplied weapons for Patriot militias → Battle of Lexington/Concord -Publicly condemned by Washington in 1770.

10. General Thomas Gage

11. ___________________________ -Mixed-race man born a slave Massachusetts -First killed in the Boston Massacre in ______. -Some consider him to be the first casualty of the American Revolutionary War. -Work?

12. Crispus Attucks

13. _____________________________ -Politician from Philadelphia -Writer of “Letters from a Farmer in PA” in response to _________________ Acts of ____. -Also angered over “writs of assistance.” (search warrants for British Officers.)

14. John Dickinson

15. ___________________________ -More “children of liberty!” -Female protest group jumps into action after the Townshend Acts. -What actions did they take?

16. Daughters of Liberty

17. ___________________________ -Leader of Sons of Liberty -When British invaded Boston following the T___________________ _______ he stated: “We will destroy every soldier that dare put his foot on shore...I look upon them as foreign enemies.”

18. Samuel Adams

19. ____________________________ -Famous Lawyer -Cousin of Samuel Adams -Everyone deserves a fair trial! -Defended the British soldiers after the _______________ even though some other colonists threatened his life. Famous words: “It is more important that innocence be protected than guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished”

20. John Adams

21. ________________________ Married John Adams in 1774 Soon-to-be Second First Lady of the US -Very intelligent, John’s #1 Advisor regarding political decisions. -Wrote in a letter “Remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.” -Early women’s Rights Activist

22. Abigail Adams

23. __________________________ -Silversmith from Boston, Son of Liberty -Along with William Sawes served as a messenger, crossed the harbor, rode Lexington - Concord to stop British from arresting Samuel Adams/John Hancock and destroying militia supplies in Concord

24. Paul Revere

25. QUIZZZZCITOOOO Who defended the British soldiers in the trial following the Boston Massacre?

26. That Act that let British soldiers treat the houses of colonists like free hotels, food included!

27. Who was John Adams main advisor, who mainly corresponded via snail mail?

28. What was the name of the most famous casualty of the Boston Massacre? How many total casualties were there that day?

29. Wait...Does your paper have one of these on it? Name of act and year?

30. He was the frontman of the Sons of Liberty.

31. This is a form of protest in which you refuse to buy or participate in something you view as unethical or unjust.

32. What specific items did the Townshend Acts put taxes on? (5)

33. What was the main consequence of the proclamation of 1763? What event came before it?

34. Closing the port of Boston and altering the Massachusetts charter to ban town meetings were provisions of what act/s?

35. What was the immediate response to the Boston Tea Party on behalf of Parliament?

36. Who led the British armed forces in the colonies as Commander-in-chief?

37. What was the name of the place in which the Sons of Liberty regularly gathered. They were depicted once “tar-feathering” a soldier at this spot.

38. King George the __________ ?

39. In December of ‘73 a bunch of crazies dressed like ______________ and did what?

40. What was the name for the gathering of colonial delegates following the Intolerable Acts?

41. Who were the minutemen? Why were they called “minutemen?”

42. What was the main motivation behind the the Stamp Act and Sugar Act?

43. A loyalist was a person who supported ____________________ .

44. Who made this famous etching?

45. He said the famous words “Give me liberty or give me death!”

46. A “writ of assistance” allowed British officers to do what?

47. Which colonial assembly resisted the Quartering Act?

48. Who saved the day alerting the colonists of British moving in on Concord?

49. Why were the Colonists so fired up about the Tea Act if it actually put a lower tax on imported British Tea?

50. Which colony did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress in 1774?