To tax or not to tax
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley
What is the French and Indian War?
A group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
What is the Boston Massacre?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Britain wanted the colonists to pay them back for their help during the French and Indian War. The Sons of Liberty, upset by the taxes, dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What were the minutemen?
Colonial soldiers would be ready to resist British attack “in a minute
THe British wanted to punish colonist for dumping the tea. They sent Thomas Gage to close the port and restrict town meetings. They couldn't trade and many people lost their jobs.
What are the Intolerable Acts
A person that wanted to be free from British rule.
What is a "patriot?"
These were the people that supported Britain and King George.
What are "loyalists" or "redcoats"?
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
King George
The tax on lead, paint, paper, and glass was known as?
Townshend Acts
Under this act Britain would only allows their tea company to import tea to the colonies.
Britain would only allows their tea company to import tea to the colonies.
What is the Tea Act?
This Founding father was the editor of newspaper, helped to edit the Declaration of Independence and assisted the colonial army by getting supplies from France.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What are the intolerable acts?
British wanted to punish colonist for dumping the tea. They sent Thomas Gage to close the port and restrict town meetings. They couldn't trade and many people lost their jobs.
Who is Paul Revere?
His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) was coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
What is revolution?
A forcible overthrow of a government
This act forced colonists to feed and house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
These Colonial soldiers would be ready to resist British attack “in a minute"
Who were the Minutemen?
What is the First Continental Congress?
Representative from each colony met to discuss the approaching war.
What is the "writ of assistance"?
British could search homes for smuggled goods without a search warrant
Famous saying that united and was a rallying call for the colonist?
"No taxation without representation"
The phrase "shot heard around the world" is associated with this revolutionary battle.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
What is a boycott?
Refusal to buy goods. Effect of the Townshend Acts.
Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
What were John Locke's three main tenets?
Life, Liberty, and Property