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Pre-Revolutionary Boston A-Z

Guess the word or name relating to pre-American Revolution era Boston before the time runs out. It is mostly oriented toward the New England area, with questions about the British and American sides. No J, X, or Z.
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Last updated: November 6, 2021
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First submittedNovember 6, 2021
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A firebrand leader of the Sons of Liberty
Adams
One of the Coercive Acts that closed the Boston Harbor
Boston Port Act
A doctor and leader of the Sons of Liberty, secret double agent
Church
Means the use of absolute power
Despotism
An intellectual movement during this time period emphasizing reasoning and logic
Enlightenment
Parts of the uniform of a British solder uniquely colored to help denote regiment
Facings
Supreme Commander of His Majesty’s Forces in North America 1763-1775
Gage
Governor of Massachusetts during this time until his replacement after the Boston Tea Party
Hutchinson
American name for the Coercive Acts
Intolerable Acts
One of the most well known soldiers at the Boston Massacre, branded on the thumb
Kilroy
What the Sons of Liberty demanded; “Give me _______ or give me death!”
Liberty
Royal Governor’s wife, said to have passed on information to Dr. Joseph Warren
Margaret Kemble Gage
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City near Boston, named after an English scientist and thinker
Newton
“Tory” comes from an old insult meaning this
Outlaw
This took place in 1774 when rebels thought all their gunpowder was about to be stolen
Powder Alarm
Wife of King George III, a German princess
Queen Charlotte
Loyalist that fired out a window into a gang of rebels, killing a child prior to the Boston Massacre; first name Ebenezer
Richardson
Commander of the expedition to Concord; a Lieutenant-Colonel
Smith
Political faction that supports the king’s troops
Tory
Country formed after the resulting war
United States of America
What was fired on the Lexington Green after the infamous first shot
Volley
Scottish lawyer who attacked Benjamin Franklin over the Hutchinson Letters Affair
Wedderburn
Term commonly to refer to an American, especially a New Englander
Yankee
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