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  • The British had a monopoly over this...
    tea
    cards
    paper
  • Leaders of colonies were called...
    mayors
    Redcoats
    governors
  • This was the nickname for British soldiers:
    Reds
    Redcoats or Lobsters
    Brits
  • This man was our country's second president.
    Abraham Lincoln
    George Washington
    John Adams
  • How did the Boston Massacre start?
    Colonists disguised as natives dumped tea into the ocrea
    A British soldier opened fire into a crowd
  • Why did King George need the colonists to pay taxes?
    To buy him fancy wigs and clothes
    To pay for the French and Indian War
    He didn't have a reason
  • Were enslaved people allowed to read?
    No
    Yes
  • How many colonies were there originally?
    8
    11
    13
  • This group wanted to be free from England. They were led by Sam Adams.
    The Lobsters
    The Sons of Liberty
    The Redcoats
  • Most colonists lived in the...
    town
    country
  • What do you call it when people stop buying something as a protest?
    boycott
    tar and feather
    cease and desist
  • This man was the first to die during the Revolution. He died during the Boston Massacre.
    John Adams
    Phillis Wheatly
    Crispus Attucks
  • This was our country's first president.
    Paul Revere
    George Washington
    John Adams
  • Women were not allowed to do _____ in colonial America:
    read
    farm
    vote and own property
  • Where were house slaves forced to work?
    Inside the home
    in the fields
  • The unfair taxes, Boston Massacre, and Boston Tea Party led to the...
    American Revolution
    World War II
    The Civil War
  • This person was a famous enslaved poet during colonial times.
    Paul Revere
    Phyllis Wheatley
    Crispus Attucks
  • This act put taxes on anything made out of paper.
    Tea Act
    Sugar Act
    Stamp Act