Act 1
These are examples of things that would have been taxed during the Stamp Act.
Playing cards, newspapers, pamphlets, etc.
The Boston Tea Party.
Liberty.
Which monarch ruled Great Britain during the 1770's?
(He was also deaf, blind, and a little crazy!)
King George the III.
1754-1763
The French and Indian War.
Which act taxed items such as glass, paper, lead, and tea?
Townshend Act
A Secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called...
The Sons of Liberty.
People who supported the King of England.
Loyalists.
Why did the British troops march to Concord in April, 1775?
They intended to confiscate weapons.
1765
The Stamp Act.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Paper goods.
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party.
The refusal to buy or sell certain products or services.
Boycott.
The snowball fight between the colonists and the soldiers in Boston that ended in 5 colonists being killed.
The Boston Massacre.
1767
The Townshend Acts.
What was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts).
What did the Intolerable Acts do?
They closed the Port of Boston and made town meetings illegal.
To take away.
Repeal.
How did the Sons of Liberty use the Boston Massacre to promote their movement?
They portrayed the British as the aggressors.
1770
Which set of Acts required colonists to provide food and shelter to British troops stationed in the colonies?
The Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts).
Why did the King of England start to tax the colonists?
He needed money to pay for the debt from the French and Indian War.
Who would have said, "No taxation without representation!"
A patriot.
The famous patriot that made a daring ride to warn the colonists of the British arrival in Lexington.
Paul Revere.
1773
1774
The Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts.