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This was a British tax on sugar created to raise money to pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War.
During this event, people dressed as Native Americans, boarded ships, and threw the taxed tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A form of protest in which people refuse to buy goods or services to force political change.
What is a boycott?
Which came first: The end of the French and Indian war or the Stamp Act?
What is the end of the French and Indian war?
The leader of Great Britain at the time of causes of the American Revolution.
Who is King George the III?
The Act that forced colonists to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes
What is the Quartering Act?
A deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view.
What is propaganda?
Which came first: The Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Person who fought in the French and Indian War, and then went on to be president.
Who is George Washington?
A series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
What is the end of the French and Indian war?
Colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown and opposed independence.
Who are loyalists?
Which came second: The Tea Act or the Stamp Act.
What is the Tea Act?
Redcoats
Who are British soldiers?
An imposed direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on paper from London
What is the Stamp Act?
Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met to coordinate resistance against British policies, marking a significant step toward unity and independence.
What is the first Continental Congress?
Colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution and supported independence.
Who are Patriots?
Which came second: The Boston Tea Party or the Intolerable Acts?
What are the Intolerable Acts? (British punishment for the Tea Party)
A well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, that was established to undermine British rule in colonial America
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
A series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
These were the first military engagements of the Revolution, often referred to as "the shot heard 'round the world," which marked the start of armed conflict between the colonies and Britain.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The use of naval forces to isolate a particular area, often to prevent goods and people from entering or leaving. The British used these to try to cut off supplies to American ports.
What are blockades?
Which came first: The First Continental Congress or the Intolerable Acts?
What are the Intolerable Acts? (the First Continental Congress met in response to the Intolerable Acts)
A key leader and patriot during the American Revolution. He was one of the Founding Fathers and played a significant role in organizing resistance against British rule. As a member of the Sons of Liberty, he helped organize protests such as the Boston Tea Party in 1773, a pivotal event leading to the Revolution.
Who is Samuel Adams?