Words to know
Money people pay to the government.
What is Tax
They threw tea in the water to protest taxes.
The leader of the new American army.
Who is George Washington?
This happens after the cause happens.
What is effect?
To be free from another country.
What is independence?
Added taxes on pain, glass, and tea.
What is the Townshend Acts?
He wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Britain needed money because of this war _______.
What is the French and Indian War?
Someone speaks for you in the government.
Colonists were killed after there was an argument with the Red Coats.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Soldiers who wore red uniforms.
Who are the Red Coats?
This is the reason why colonists were mad because they had no ______________.
What is Representation?
The strength or force to make others do things.
What is power?
A tax on paper and legal documents
What is The Stamp Act
The leader and ruler over Britain and the 13 colonies.
Who is the King of Britain?
What is the is effect of the following cause:
He forgot to study for his test.
What is he got a bad grade?
People come together to make a change in the government.
What is revolution?
They created this document to declare that all people are created equal.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
People living in the 13 colonies.
Colonists
Because of constant laws (Acts), colony leaders did this to discuss the issue.
What is the Continental Congress?