US History

By forcing King George III to give up the throne

By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament

By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures

By increasing taxes on the colonists

It would've forced you to pay taxes on tea, paper and other British goods

It would've made all of your Colonial money worthless

It would've prevented you from being represented in Parliament

It might have forced you to let British soldiers live in your house

Tarring and feathering British tea merchants

Dumping British tea into the Boston Harbour

Refusing to buy British tea

Paying high prices for British tea

The war was fought between two armies; in the Massacre, soldiers shot unarmed civilians

The war began during the 1770s; the Massacre took place during the 1760s

The war was fought far away from Massachusetts, where the Massacre took place

The Massacre involved guns; the battles were fought with swords

To protest it

To overturn it

To refuse or obey it

To obey it grudgingly

Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott and William Dawes warned them on their midnight ride

Spies in the British army warned them

The British troop movements were obvious and easy to observe

They didn't know and they were taken by surprise

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refreshing

restful

difficult

By writing the Declaration of Independence

By serving as President of the Continental Army

By serving as a general in the Continental Army

By convincing the French government to aid the colonists

They were both elected by their fellow citizens

They were both in charge of their respective armies

They both won key victories over the British Army

They both received titles from the King of England

heat stroke

attacks by British soldiers

frostbite

drowning

Fighting on their home soil was an advantage for the Continental Army

Washington's men showed far more courage than the British

The last major battle of the war took place in Virginia

Washington's men respected him

Colonial militamen trained for months;modern soldiers are hardly trained at all

Colonial militias used swords and bayonets; the modern Army uses guns

The colonial militias were volunteer forces; the modern Army consists of paid, professional soldiers

The colonial militias had no ranks; the modern Army does

C, B, A

B, A, C

B, C, A

C, A, B

They pulled all the British troops out of Massachusetts

They passed the Townshend Acts

They blockaded Boston Harbour

They invaded the United States

It was where the first shots of the war were fired

It was the last major battle in the American Revolution

It was a major British victory

It's considered the turning point of the war