Taxes and Other Acts
What war was the ultimate cause of the Stamp Act?
The French and Indian War
People who supported the Revolution were called
Patriots
This group was lost much of their land after the Revolution
Native Americans
What prompted the British to march on Concord?
Patriots stockpiling weapons in Concord
The event in 1770 in which five colonists were killed by British soldiers
The Boston Massacre
What was the first tax placed on the colonists without their consent after 1763?
The Sugar Act
People who held British government jobs tended to be
Loyalists
Women
What caused the Intolerable Acts?
The Boston Tea Party
Idea to unit the colonies at the beginning of the French and Indian War
Albany Plan of Union
What tax taxed tea, lead, paint, glass and other items?
The Townshend Act
The Declaration of Independence was primarily authored by
Thomas Jefferson
This group gained more power and equality due to the war
poor white men
What group was formed as a result of the Stamp Act?
The Sons of Liberty
Name for buying and selling of enslaved people between Africa and the Americas
Triangle Trade
Name or describe two of the four Intolerable Acts
1. Quartering Act
2. Boston Port Act
3. Administration of Justice Act
4. Local Government Act
Identify three prominent Patriots
Answers will vary, could include
Sam Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
This is the Treaty that ended the war
The Treaty of Paris
Which battle led to the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Place these in order:
- Declaration of Independence
- Lexington and Concord
- Treaty of Paris
- Boston Massacre
- Boston Massacre
- Lexington and Concord
- Declaration of Independence
- Treaty of Paris
What act was passed by Parliament after the repeal of the Stamp Act to state it could tax the colonists whenever it wanted to?
The Declaratory Act
Paul Revere stole the engraving for the Bloody Massacre from this person
Henry Pelham
This term refers to the idea that all people are created equal
Egalitarianism
1. Some states abolished slavery
2. Slavery grew in other states
First to die during the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks