Vocabulary
The British
The Colonists
Figures
Taxes
100
Something that the Colonist felt was unfair that they had to pay the British.
Taxes
100
Another name for Britain
England
100
Sometimes the colonist would use v______ to resist taxes and wreck homes of British officials and beat up tax collectors.
violence
100
The people who were taxed after the French and Indian war.
The colonists.
100
Did the Colonists like the British taxes?
No!!!!
200
To stand against something. Could be done in a group.
Protest
200
Who won the French and Indian War?
English/Britain
200
Colonist begin to p_____ the English and their taxes.
Protest
200
These people lost a lot of money fighting their wars and tried to tax the colonists.
The British/English.
200
True or false: the colonist protested and boycotted as as a way to fight British taxes.
True
300
To not buy or go into as a way to protest something.
Boycott
300
The group of people who made tax laws for the colonists.
English Parliament
300
The Colonists did not think the taxes were fair and that the English were using its power ______.
Unfairly
300
An important leader in The Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
300
Name any of the 3 tax acts we have gone over
Stamp act.
Sugar act.
Townshend act.
400
A group of trained citizens who are not soldiers but can serve as members of the military in an emergency.
Militia
400
The British were at war for North America land with what other people/country?
French/France
400
The colonists believed only their _________ could tax them.
Representatives
400
Adams and the ____________ protest against British taxes like the Stamp Act.
Sons of Liberty
400
This tax act was a taxation on anything printed on paper.
Stamp act.
500
A group of representatives who meet to discuss a subject. Representatives often vote on important issues. (Hint: More American than British)
Congress
500
As a result of the Indian - American War the British lost a lot of what?
Cash/money
500
In 1775, many colonists joined a _____ to help the colonies prepare for war.
Militia
500
a group that shared news and opposed British action.
Committees of Correspondence
500
Canis Minor and Canis Major are his dogs
Orion. (The dog days of summer)