Causes of the Revolution
1763 - Law passed by the King that prevented the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation Act of 1763
1770 - Taxes on glass, paper, lead and silk
What is the Townshend Acts
European rivalries caused nations to compete to establish colonial empires to extend their wealth and power
What is a political reason
British colonists took over French territory in the Ohio Valley, the Indians joined the French and Britain had to send troops to save the colonists
What is the the french and Indian War
They Dressed as Natives during the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
1764 - A tax on molasses that angered the colonists
What is the Sugar Act
1773 - A tax on tea that led to the Boston Tea Party
What is the Tea Act
Some colonies were founded for religious reform or to escape persecution
What is religious reasons
They where tarred and feathered for doing their jobs
Tax collectors
Sam Adams
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
1765 - A tax on legal documents like marriage licenses, dice and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act
1774 - An act of civil disobedience when the colonists dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
Some colonies were founded as business ventures by charter companies funded by investors
What is economic reasons
In 1763, this law passed by the King stopped all settlement west of the Appalachians and established a vast Indian reservation
What is the Proclamation of 1763
This tax was like the modern tax on Cigarettes
The Sugar Act
1765 - An act that was passed requiring the colonists to house and feed British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
1774 - A series of harsh laws that closed the Boston Harbor and stopped town meetings
What is the Intolerable Acts
Some colonies' laws allowed them to create a society a much wanted society that very was very different from England that allowed men to become rich and famous even though they were not a member of the upper class
What is social reasons
Soldiers could legally enter your home and you must take care of them
The Quartering Act
The Sons of Liberty started this political action first due to the tea tax
Boycott tea
1770 - The first civilians killed by British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre
Mr. Vargas was green with envy at Mr. Littman's new car. Which word is using its connotative meaning
Green
Some colonists came to American because it was new and unexplored and they wanted to see what was out there
What is adventurous reasons
An Unhappy incident
Boston Massacre
the one phrase that connects ALL of the acts and colonial responses
Taxation without representation