Chapter 5 Bingo Questions
1. The colonists wrote to King George about wanting peace in the. Olive Branch Petition
2. A legal document allowing British officials to search colonists’ houses for smuggled goods. Writ of Assistance
3. The two men who rode through Concord warning the colonists that the British were coming. Paul Revere and
William Dawes
4. The tax passed that applied to all paper and printed materials, ignoring the tradition of self-government. Stamp Act
5. The first man who died for American independence in the Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks
6. Colonists who sided with the British were called. Loyalists
7. The law passed that said that Britain had the right to tax and make all decisions for the colonies. Declaratory Act
8. The colonists formed an army and called it the. Continental Army
9. The first man to sign the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock
10. The law passed that lowered the tax on molasses in hopes of getting the colonists to stop smuggling. Sugar Act
11. The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson
12. The document stating that the colonies were free of Britain, and stating all of the things that Britain did to the
colonies that went against their rights. Declaration of Independence.
13. What the British called the laws passed in Boston after the Boston Tea Party. Coercive Acts
14. The man who was voted to lead the Continental Army. George Washington
15. The act of rebellion staged by the colonists after the Tea Act was passed, where they dressed up like Mohawk
Indians and dumped tea in the harbor. Boston Tea Party
16. Colonists who wanted American independence. Patriots
17. The law passed that said the colonists had to pay for sheltering and feeding British troops. Quartering Act
18. The man put in charge of the post office during the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin
19. The event that killed 5 people in Boston when the colonists were fed up with being mistreated and started throwing
things at British soldiers. Boston Massacre
20. This act lowered the taxes on tea for the East India Company leading to a colonists boycott and revolt. Tea Act
21. What the colonists called the laws passed in Boston after the Boston Tea Party. Intolerable Acts
22. The British General given the duty of destroying the weapons owned by colonists. Thomas Gage
23. The battle that took place across from Boston Harbor that proved to the British that defeating the Americans would
not be quick or easy. Battle of Bunker Hill
24. The first battles of the revolution happened in these two cities in Massachusetts. Lexington and Concord
25. The group that wrote about colonists grievances against Britain in order to spread the word and Unite the colonists.
Committee of Correspondence
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