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Who Wants to be a Hillionaire?. Who Wants to be a Hillionaire?. Team #1. Team #2. Team #3. Team #4. Team #5. Royal Governor. Who was more powerful in the colonies, the royal governor, or the members of the colonial assemblies?. Wrong. Correct. Final?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Team #5
Who was more powerful in the colonies, the royal
governor, or the members of the colonial assemblies?
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Royal Governor
How did the colonists rebel against Britain’s
Intolerable Acts?
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Colonists agreed to stop trade with Britain and gather minutemen to
defend the cities.
Time is up!
Who are you going to ask?
Who was more powerful in the colonies, the royal
governor, or the members of the colonial assemblies?
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Colonial Assemblies
Who did the royal governor support, Britain or the English colonies?
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Britain
John Peter Zenger established this freedom when he printed criticism about the royal governor
of New York
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Freedom of Speech (or Press)
The first form of government in the
colonies was called the house of ________?
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Burgesses
From where were the militia and the
minutemen, English colonies or British?
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English Colonies
The name of the group that formed to protest the
Stamp act was called ________?
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Sons of Liberty
She was an African American slave who
published a book of poetry urging colonists to free
their slaves.
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Phyllis Wheatley
What does the word Boycott mean?
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To refuse to do business or have
contact with a person, group, or country.
The first battle of the Revolutionary War took
place in ______.
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Lexington
On horseback, this man warned the colonists of a British attack in Concord. His cry was “The British
are coming!”
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Paul Revere
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How did the women help keep British soldiers
from finding the colonists’ supplies in
Concord?
The women of concord kept the soldiers from finding most of the supplies. They had hidden them under straw in barns and freshly
plowed fields.
Name one man who joined Paul Revere on his journey
to warn the colonists about a British attack.
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William Dawes or Samuel Prescott
He said, “Give me Liberty or give me Death” when
he argued that the British were trying to take away
the colonists rights.
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Patrick Henry
Why were the Committees of Correspondence
important in uniting the colonies?
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A unified group of colonies would be more powerful as they entered a
war with Britain. Also, communication between the colonies helped keep people
informed about political events
What was the name of the slave who yelled, “The way to get rid of these soldiers is to attack the
main guard?”
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Crispus Attucks
What was the name of the acts that said colonists
had to pay taxes on all the tea, paper, glass, lead,
and paint that they imported from Britain?
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Townshend Acts
What was the result of the protesting of the Stamp
Act by the Sons of liberty?
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Britain repealed the Stamp Act. However, parliament soon
passed another law taxing the colonies called the Townshend
Acts.
Why did the colonists attack Britain’s Fort
Ticonderoga?
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Fort Ticonderoga was Britain main supply posts for their army.
Who fired the first shot of the Revolutionary War?
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No one knows
What is treason?
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The betrayal of one’s country by giving up
help to one of its enemies.
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Why did the colonists dump tea
into Boston Harbor?
To protest the tax Britain had put on all imported tea.
How were the colonists punished for the Boston
Tea Party?
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British parliament imposed the Intolerable Acts and close the port of Boston.
Who was the man who printed stories that
criticized New York’s Governor? His actions established freedom of
speech and Press.
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John Peter Zenger
She was a poet and playwright who
encouraged women to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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Mercy Otis Warren
How did the colonists react to the Townshend
Acts?
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They boycotted British goods. Women formed the Daughters of
Liberty and held “spinning bees” so that they wouldn’t have to import
their own thread. They also stopped drinking tea.
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She was a poet and playwright who
encouraged women to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
Mercy Otis Warren
What were the Intolerable Acts? Describe all of them
in detail.
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•Colonists had to feed and house the British Soldiers
•Town Meetings were banned
How were elections different in 1758 than they
are today?
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• Voters looked forward to cookies, coffee, and punch
• Loud cheers or boos followed each vote (No secret ballots)
•Candidates often personally thanked each person for his vote
At this meeting, delegates wrote a petition to King
George III asking for a repeal of the Intolerable Acts.
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First Continental Congress
When the British would not repeal the Intolerable
Acts, what did the colonists do?
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Colonists agreed to stop trade with Britain and gather minutemen to
defend the cities.
Describe the Battle of Bunker Hill. How did it
start, who won, etc.
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Was the House of Burgesses a true
representation of the colonies?
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No, only white, Protestant, land-owning
men were elected
Why did the British Parliament enact the Stamp Act after the
French and Indian War?
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To pay off their debts from the French and
Indian War.
Put these events in order: Intolerable Acts, Battle of
Lexington, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Boston
Massacre, Townshend Acts
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1. Stamp Act
2. Townshend Acts
3. Boston Massacre
4. Boston Tea Party
5. Intolerable Acts
6. Battle of Lexington
What was the name of the militia that Ethan Allen led
on Fort Ticonderoga?
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The Green Mountain Boys
Pass the question to another team. If they answer the question correctly, you both get the points. If they answer the question incorrectly, they lose the points.
He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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She was a poet and playwright who
encouraged women to give up tea and other goods from Britain.
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Get out your slate. It’s time
to vote!