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The English Colonies
Section 5
DIRECTIONS Match the definition with the correct term from the right
column.
______ 1. These groups were created to share information
with other towns and colonies about ways to challenge British laws.
______ 2. In this event, colonists disguised as American
Indians dumped more than 340 tea chests into
Boston Harbor.
______ 3. These laws were designed to punish the colonists in
Boston for their actions against the British.
a. Boston Massacre
b. Boston Tea Party
c. Committees of
Correspondence
d. Intolerable Acts
e. Samuel Adams
______ 4. This man wrote and circulated papers encouraging
colonists to join the protest against unfair taxation.
______ 5. This took place when British soldiers fired into a
crowd, killing five colonists.
DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word
that best completes the sentence.
6. Samuel Adams helped found the ______________________, which shared ideas
and information about the new British laws and ways to challenge them. (House
of Burgesses /Committees of Correspondence)
7. The ______________________ required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or
seal, whenever they bought paper items. (Townshend Acts/Stamp Act)
8. As part of the ______________________, Boston Harbor was closed until colo-
nists paid for tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. (Intolerable Acts/Tea Act)
9. The ______________________ was used as propaganda against the British by
Samuel Adams and other protestors. (Boston Massacre/Boston Tea Party)
10. ______________________ helped create the Sons of Liberty to protest and use
violence to frighten tax collectors. (Samuel Adams/Paul Revere)
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7. of Massachusetts; one of the most impor-
onists. He had risked his life for freedom.
2. Possible answer: Although Attucks was
tant leaders of the time; gave dramatic sermons; told sinners to ask for forgiveness of
their sins or face punishment in hell forever
8. war fought by France and Great Britain;
fought for control of North American territory; started after Washington’s defeat by
the French
9. passed by Parliament; reduced the powers
of the English monarch
10. changed colonial religion; changed social
and political life
the first one killed, he was not the first
victim of the Revolution. All the colonists
oppressed by British rule were victims.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
Biography–Patrick Henry
1. Henry felt that it was wrong to tax the col-
onists who had no representation. He also
thought that the colonists could defend
their own land and didn’t need to be taxed
to pay for the protection of the English
government.
2. Possible response: I think Henry’s speeches were his greatest accomplishment. He
was able to persuade many colonists to the
cause for freedom.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
SECTION 5
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Committees of Correspondence
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Samuel Adams
Biography–Pocahontas
1. Pocahontas helped make peace by
befriending the settlers. She also married
a colonist. Her bravery in begging for
John Smith’s life made her well-received in
English society.
2. Possible response: No, I would not have
helped the colonists because I would have
been afraid. I think I would have been
scared to talk to people whose language I
didn’t understand.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
Biography–Samuel Adams
1. Samuel Adams demonstrated patriotism
in his efforts to unite the colonists in ideas
and actions. By bringing the colonists
together to fight for a united country free
of British rule, he demonstrated a great
deal of patriotism for his country. The
Committees of Correspondence as well as
the Boston Tea Party are two major examples of Adams’s patriotism.
2. One major way people share ideas is
through the Internet. This is a lot like
a modern version of the Committees.
People from all over the world can read
about ideas and events online. They can
even become members of certain groups
and exchange ideas via bulletin-board
posts and e-mail.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
Literature
1. She says that her love for her husband is
more valuable than mines of gold and
all the riches of the East. Rivers cannot
“quench” her love.
2. Possible answer: Even though the students
will be studying the highest levels of science
and how the planets move, they should
remember what Jesus did for them. She
says that Jesus gave his life, though he did
not have to do so, so that humans would
have the chance to be with him in the highest levels of heaven.
3. Students’ poems will vary.
Biography–Crispus Attucks
1. Possible answer: Attucks had taken a stand
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