Name:________________

Date:______________

Social Studies

Mrs. Price

Watch, listen, and fill in the blanks!

• In 1760, ____________ III became king of England. He and the English parliament tried to collect more taxes from the American colonies.
  
  
• Samuel Adams and _______ __________ were leaders in resisting these new taxes. Patriots disguised as Indians dumped tea from ships into _____ _____________ This is known as the "Boston Tea Party."
  
   
• The first battles between American soldiers ("Minutemen") and British troops took place at ______________ and _______________
  
   
• Colonel Henry ________ delivered 59 badly needed cannon to Boston from Fort Ticonderoga (over miles!) George Washington began the siege of Boston, and on March 17, 1776, the British left Boston.
  
   
• The frigate (warship), was launched from a Boston shipyard. She was active in the War of 1812, never lost a battle, and was nicknamed "_________________________"
  
   
• Until 1820, ___________ was part of Massachusetts. That year it became the first non-slave state under the Missouri Compromise.
  
   
• In the 1800s, textile mills, where _________ was made, were built along many rivers in Massachusetts, and became a very important industry. Two leading textile manufacturing cities were _____________and ____________.
  
   
• When the ___________ _____________ opened, Massachusetts farming suffered, because farm products could be shipped from the west cheaply. Farmers went to work in ____________ or moved west.