Road to Revolution 1
This was the result of the Seven Years War?
Britain gained the Ohio River Valley, Florida & Canada.
He and Dawes warned colonists the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
Protesting the Tea Act
This was the primary reason colonists were angry with British Parliament
The colonists wanted representation in Parliament
This prevented colonists from settling into areas west of the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian War.
What is The Proclamation of 1763?
This is the name of Britain's law-making assembly?
What is Parliament?
This was the name given an event after the British fired into a crowd of colonists and killed 5 people.
What is The Boston Massacre?
How did Britain aim to control the colonies?
Britain tried to control colonies with taxes.
This was the date that the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted.
What is July 4, 1776?
This was a tax on all paper goods
the Stamp Act?
This person defended the British soldiers that were involved in the Boston Massacre because he believed that every person is entitled to a fair trial.
Who is John Adams?
This was the message Ben Franklin wanted to send the colonists with the political cartoon "Join or Die"
What is unite or unify?
These are the "unalienable rights" as listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are rights that cannot be taken away such as Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?
This was a tax on imports like glass, paint, lead, and even tea...
the Townshend Acts?
This group sided with King George III
the Loyalists
This started the American Revolution and led to the Second Continental Congress
The Battles of Lexington & Concord
This was the part of the Coercive/Intolerable acts where colonists had to house British soldiers, feed them, etc.
What is the Quartering Act?
These are the parts of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Preamble, Statement of Beliefs (Rights of the People), List of Grievances, Attempts at Negotiation and Declaration?
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These acts were forced on the colonists to punish them for Boston Tea Party
the Intolerable/Coercive Acts?
This was the effect of the Seven Years War
Taxing colonists to pay for war
This was the slogan used after the Stamp Act was passed to stir up anti tax feelings
What is 'no taxation without representation'?
These papers allowed British soldiers to search colonists homes for smuggled items.
What is the Writs of Assistance?
According the the Declaration of Independence, where does the government get its power?
From the consent of the governed.