Uniting the Colonists/ A Call to Arms

Match the following

• Benedict Arnold

• Voted to boycott trade with the British.

• Paul Revere

• Warned that the British were coming.

• Captain John Parker

• Sold military information to the British.

• Continental Congress

• Leader of the minutemen.

• Concord

• Location of the militia’s arms. 

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• The committee of correspondence was a system of letter writing between the 

  Colonial govrnr/ King

• Boycotts following the Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts.

• At the time of the Boston Tea Party, most colonists still considered themselves

  British Citizens.

• 20 colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre.

• Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing

  The Coercive Act

Who said that, “Blows must decide” who would rule America?

• George III

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln

Who had orders to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts Militia?

• Colonel William Prescott
• Captain John Parker
• General George Washington
• Thomas Gage

Who, along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming?

• George III

• Ethan Allen

• William Dawes

• Thomas Gage

Who led the Green Mountain Boys who captured the British-held Fort Ticonderoga?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Ethan Allen

After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Saratoga

What was the colonial name for the laws that banned town meetings in New England?

• Township Acts
• Prohibited Acts
• Intolerable Acts
• Restrictive Laws

What was the dramatic act of defiance that some colonists celebrated?

• The Boston Tea Party
• The Marauders Tea Party

• The Boston Massacre
• The Stamp Act

Which act gave the East India Company an Advantage over colonial merchants?

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act