The Stamp Act
Who created the Stamp Act?
The King of England
What was the cause of the Boston Massacre
The colonist were upset about the taxes and they felt that the king and the British didn't care about their own needs
What was the favorite drink for colonist
tea
capital of Florida
Tallassee
Who was the King of England during the Battle of Lexington and Concord
King George III
Name three things that they taxed under the stamp Act
Bibles, contracts, marriage license, newspapers, playing cards, dice
How did the Boston Massacre
group of sailors threw sticks and snowballs at the British soldiers.
What was the tea act?
law that gave one company the right to control all trad with tea in the colonies.
What is convergence
to come together
Why are the battles of Lexington and Concord so important in History
Because they mark the actual start of the Revolutionary War
What was the colonist reaction to the stamp act
The called for England to repeal or take it back
Who was one of the messengers that let the rest of the colonies know about the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere
what was the name of the company that controlled the tea.
East India Tea Company
what does indigenous mean and give an example
Being originally from (Indians)
What year did the Revolutionary War start
1775
What was the Declaratory Act and why was it set in place
Law that said that Parliment (England) had a right to govern and tax the colonies
It was set in place because England got rid of the Stamp Act
Who was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Who made a deal with the tea company that had total control of the tea trade to get a majority of the money they made from the sale and taxes they charged the colonist
The King (England)
what is the capital of Hawaii
Honolulu
who fired the shot that started the war
No one knows they call it the shot heard around the world
Why did England want money from the colonist
Because they supplied troops to help with the war with the Indians and they felt that the colonist should pay them back.
After the Boston Massacre, the British took back all the unfair taxes on items except what
Tea
How did the Boston Tea Party Start and who was involved?
A group of colonist dressed as Indians and boarded the tea ships anchored at Boston Harbor and dumped over 300 chest of tea into the sea.
which explorer was said to "discover America"
Christopher Columbus
Who was declared the winner of the battle
The Americans