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Why did Great Britain feel the need to tax the colonists?
They just came out of a war, they were in debt from the Seven Years War (French and Indian War)
Later that year (1765) at the Stamp Act Congress sent a letter to the king and Parliament declaring what?
Only colonial assemblies can tax the colonies
In 1770 a fight broke out where?
(This killed five colonists)
Boston, Massachusets
In September of 1774 following the Intolerable Acts, 55 delegates gathered in Philadelphia for?
The Continental Convention
What is the significance of the Olive Branch Petition?
Britain’s last chance to prevent war
How did the colonists respond to the initial taxes set by King George III?
They smuggled goods
The action taken by the colonists to the Stamp Act caused British merchants to lose money. What did the colonists do?
What did the British merchants ask Parliament to do?
The colonists boycotted British goods
The merchants asked parliament to repeal the Stamp Act
Who engraved a picture that was used as propaganda for the purpose of outraging the colonists?
Paul Revere
A member of the House of Burgesses wanted to unite the colonies against Britain. What was his name?
Patrick Henry
What role did Thomas Paine play in the revolutionary spirit?
He wrote Common Sense
What is a Writ of Assistance?
A court document allowing officers to search for smuggled goods
The Declaratory tax (passed in 1766 when the Stamp Act was repealed) was put in place because why?
It was passed to show that the king still had authority
Britain repealed all the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea. The colonists boycotted the tea which nearly bankrupted the East India Company. The colonists did not want the ships to unload their cargo, but the royal governor ordered it anyway. This led to what?
The Boston Tea party
What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist?
A patriot supports the revolution, a loyalist doesn’t
In 1776 there was another meeting of delegates (the second meeting of the continental congress) What was the big issue being debated at the meeting?
Do the colonies declare independence or not?
The 1764 Sugar Act lowered the tax on imported molasses, but the colonists were still angered by the act, why?
They wanted the Writs of Assistance gone along with the tax
The colonists proved they would not be forced to pay an internal tax, so Great Britain passed the Townshend Acts in 1767 which taxed what?
Imported goods (Tea in particular).
When Britain heard the news of what happened in Boston a series of new laws were passed in 1774. Britain called them what?
The colonists called them what?
Britain called them the Coercive Acts
The colonists called them the Intolerable Acts
The Continental Congress decided to endorse the Suffolk Resolves and then formed what for a defense that some called the minutemen?
Militia
Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. When was the Declaration approved?
Who was the first to sign the Declaration?
The Declaration was approved on July 2nd
John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration
In 1765 the Stamp Act outraged the colonists and the Sons of Liberty, who were led by Samuel Adams, protested by doing what?
Burning effigies of the tax collectors
Townshend Acts were highly protested and women began to?
Make their own clothes and tea
One of the acts passed by Britain was to isolate Boston. Did it work?
No
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Why was it significant?
Britain
It was significant because it showed Britain that the colonists were serious
What was the purpose for writing the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence?
To list the reasons for wanting to separate from England