The Acts
Which act taxed sugar, wine, indigo, and molasses
sugar act
Which act taxed imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea?
Townshend act
How many colonists died during the Boston Massacre?
5
What battle was fought on June 17, 1775? This battle was also the first battle the Americans won.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Which article of the Treaty of Paris is still in force today?
recognizing the US as an independent nation
Which act prohibited colonists from making paper money?
currency act
tea act
Who disguised themselves as natives during the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty
Which battle was the last battle?
Battle of Yorktown
It is said that ___________ sewed the first American flag.
Betsy Ross
stamp act
Which act was series of punishments placed on the colonists because of the Boston Tea Party?
intolerable acts
What did the Sons of Liberty throw into the harbor? This was the Boston Tea Party.
tea
The Treaty of ________ was signed after the war ended between Great Britain and the US
Paris
Who asked Betsy Ross to sew the flag?
George Washington
quartering act
What event (or tax) occurred first on the road to the American Revolution?
the stamp act
What was the first battle?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What was the main purpose of the treaty of Paris?
it officially ending the war
What was the Sons of Liberty's motto?
no taxation without representation
Which act said Parliament had the right to govern and tax colonists?
declaratory act
Who were representatives from the colonies that said Parliament didn't have the right to pass taxes on them?
The Stamp Act Congress
Who was named commander in chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Why was it important that the US boundaries were defined in the Treaty of Paris?
the US started growing westward
The Sons of Liberty's most famous act was the ______
Boston Tea Party