Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764 placed a tax on goods such as __________________, sugar, and other products brought into the colonies.
molasses
The Stamp Act of 1765 law required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and_____________________
playing cards
The Townshend Acts placed taxes on ______________ goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
imported
This law required colonists to provide housing and supplies for _____________________.
British Soldiers
The event that made King George III create the Coercive Acts.
Boston Tea Party
What was the main reason that Britain made and enforced the Sugar Act?
to help raise money to pay off debts from the French and Indian War
What was the main reason that colonists protested the Stamp Act?
It directly taxed items they used in their everyday lives.
Colonists responded to the Townshend Acts by agreeing to stop buying many British goods which is called a _____________________.
boycott
The British government said this act was necessary because it was expensive to do this after the French and Indian War.
Keeping soldiers in the colonies to act as "babysitters"
One of the Coercive Acts banned _______________________ in Massachusetts.
Town Meetings
Why were the American colonists angry about the Sugar Act?
they believed Britain was taxing them without giving them a voice in Parliament/government decisions
This famous slogan expressed the colonists' argument against the Stamp Act.
“No taxation without representation”
This 1770 event involved British soldiers firing into a crowd of colonists in Boston.
Boston Massacre
Imagine the government told your family, “A group of soldiers is staying in your town, and you have to help pay for their food.” This is similar to what colonists experienced under this act.
Quartering Act
One of the Coercive Acts closed __________________ Harbor until colonists paid for the ruined tea.
Boston
The Sugar Act made it easier for British officials to stop colonists from doing this illegal activity to avoid paying taxes.
smuggling
Colonists formed this group to organize protests and resistance against the Stamp Act.
Sons of Liberty
Although Parliament repealed most of the Townshend taxes, it kept a tax on this popular colonial drink to show that Parliament still had the power to tax the colonies.
tea
True or False: The Quartering Act was the main reason the American Revolution began.
False — It was one of many issues that increased colonial anger toward Britain.
The colonists changed the name of the Coercive Acts to the ____________________ Acts.
Intolerable
The Sugar Act helped increase tension between Britain and the colonies because colonists believed Parliament was using its power to do this.
_______________ without _______________
Taxation without representation!
Colonial representatives met in 1765 to formally protest the Stamp Act and argue that only their own should _________________ tax them.
elected representatives
The number of chests of tea that were thrown overboard by the colonists during the Boston Tea Party. (Closest without going over if nobody gets it exactly correct!)
342
What is PROPAGANDA and give an example of how it was used during the American Revolution event of the Boston Massacre.
Propaganda is information designed to persuade people to think or feel a certain way.
Example: A famous example was an engraving created by Paul Revere that showed British soldiers lining up and firing at innocent, unarmed colonists. The image made the event look like the British soldiers had deliberately attacked the colonists.
What word means painful and unbearable and was used by the colonists to describe one of the Acts imposed on them by the British King?
Intolerable