American Revolution All Questions with
Complete Solutions
boycott ✔✔when a group of people refuse to buy goods. the colonists did this to all British and
goods to get Britian to repeal the unfair taxes.
Sons of Liberty ✔✔a group of male colonists who spoke out against British Control and taxes
with rallies, speeches, etc.
daughters of liberty ✔✔a group of female colonists who supported the American cause and
helped with the boycott by making goods themselves that were previously purchases from
England.
repeal ✔✔to take back, the colonists' protests caused the British government to do this to many
of its taxes.
Committees of Correspondence ✔✔a group formed by Sam Adams to share news quickly among
all the colonies.
, townshend acts ✔✔taxed imports such as glass, tea, paint, and paper, showed that British
government still believed it had the right to tax the colonists
the boston massacre ✔✔began with colonists throwing snowballs at British colonists eventually
British soldiers fired into the crowd killing colonists
Crispus Attucks ✔✔an African-American sailor killed in the Boston Massacre
monopoly ✔✔when one person or company is given complete control of a product or good and
is the only one allowed to sell that good. The British East India Company had this on Tea. british
east india company ✔✔british company given a monopoly on the tea trade with the colonies
tea act ✔✔law giving the British East India Company a monopoly on tea trade with the colonies.
colonists had to pay the tax or do without tea
the boston tea party ✔✔sons of liberty dressed as mohawk indians threw British tea into Boston
harbor was caused by the tax on tea
coercive/intolerable acts ✔✔a series of laws designed to punish the citizens of Boston after the
Boston tea party. included a blockade of boston harbor, stopped the legislature from meeting,
made it illegal for groups to meet without permission from the royal governor, also included the
Complete Solutions
boycott ✔✔when a group of people refuse to buy goods. the colonists did this to all British and
goods to get Britian to repeal the unfair taxes.
Sons of Liberty ✔✔a group of male colonists who spoke out against British Control and taxes
with rallies, speeches, etc.
daughters of liberty ✔✔a group of female colonists who supported the American cause and
helped with the boycott by making goods themselves that were previously purchases from
England.
repeal ✔✔to take back, the colonists' protests caused the British government to do this to many
of its taxes.
Committees of Correspondence ✔✔a group formed by Sam Adams to share news quickly among
all the colonies.
, townshend acts ✔✔taxed imports such as glass, tea, paint, and paper, showed that British
government still believed it had the right to tax the colonists
the boston massacre ✔✔began with colonists throwing snowballs at British colonists eventually
British soldiers fired into the crowd killing colonists
Crispus Attucks ✔✔an African-American sailor killed in the Boston Massacre
monopoly ✔✔when one person or company is given complete control of a product or good and
is the only one allowed to sell that good. The British East India Company had this on Tea. british
east india company ✔✔british company given a monopoly on the tea trade with the colonies
tea act ✔✔law giving the British East India Company a monopoly on tea trade with the colonies.
colonists had to pay the tax or do without tea
the boston tea party ✔✔sons of liberty dressed as mohawk indians threw British tea into Boston
harbor was caused by the tax on tea
coercive/intolerable acts ✔✔a series of laws designed to punish the citizens of Boston after the
Boston tea party. included a blockade of boston harbor, stopped the legislature from meeting,
made it illegal for groups to meet without permission from the royal governor, also included the
