Boston Massacre & Tea Party

The signing of the Declaration of Independence - It marked the official separation from Britain.

The Boston Tea Party - It was a protest against British taxation.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord - It was the first military engagement of the Revolutionary War.

The Stamp Act Riots - It was a protest against direct taxation by Britain.

The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Massacre

The Intolerable Acts

The Stamp Act

Colonists started a small argument, more colonists arrived, British soldiers tried to keep peace, colonists threw objects, British soldiers fired into the crowd.

British soldiers attacked first, colonists retaliated, more British soldiers arrived, colonists surrendered.

Colonists peacefully protested, British soldiers ignored them, colonists left, soldiers fired into the air.

British soldiers invited colonists to a meeting, colonists refused, soldiers arrested them, colonists escaped.

True

False

10 people, charged with theft

13 people, charged with murder

8 people, charged with treason

15 people, charged with arson

8 soldiers went on trial for murder

John Adams represented the soldiers

All soldiers were found guilty

6 soldiers were found not guilty

December 16, 1773

July 4, 1776

October 31, 1773

March 5, 1770

Protesters dressed as Mohawk Indians

Boarded trade ships in the Boston Harbor

Threw all of the tea overboard

Signed a peace treaty

They were forced to buy tea from the East India Trading Company

They wanted lower taxes on tea

They wanted independence from France

They wanted to import tea from China