Acts and Taxes
What product did the Stamp Act of 1765 tax?
All paper products.
Why was the "shot heard 'round the world" given that nickname?
It became an extremely important event that sparked the first ever revolution of a colony from her mother country.
What was a Patriot?
A person who supported the 13 colonies separating and gaining it's independence from Great Britain.
If you were a person living in New England during the 1700s, what would be the easiest ways for you to make a living?
Merchant
This was the first official battle of the American Revolution. It's where the "shot heard 'round the world" happened.
The battle of Lexington and Concord.
What was the main reason why Great Britain was taxing the colonies so much?
This was the event leading up the war where a bunch of colonists in Boston protested a British law by throwing hundreds of pounds of tea into the harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
What was a Loyalist?
A colonist who wanted to remain loyal to Great Britain, and not separate or go independent.
Which people made the most money living in the Southern colonies during the 1700s?
Plantation owners.
Why is the battle of Yorktown so important to the American Revolution?
It was the last major battle, which led to the Americans defeating the British.
This act enraged the colonists and led to the Boston Tea Party.
The Tea Act.
This event was one of the first acts of violence between the British and Patriots, which led to five colonists dead on the streets of Boston.
The Boston Massacre.
What was a fence-sitter / neutral?
A colonist who did not takes sides in the conflict between the Patriots and Loyalists, they either did not care or did not want to get involved.
Which region of the 13 colonies did not have a lot of plantations and therefore not as many slaves? Why?
New England. The climate and soil did not allow for plantations to work, so they therefore did not import as many slaves and the Middle and Southern colonies.
Which country sent ships and troops to assist the Americans in the Battle of Yorktown?
The French.
Define mercantilism in your own words.
When a country uses it's colonies to export more than it imports and therefore make as much money off of them as possible.
This period of time during the 1600s and 1700s greatly inspired the American Patriots with their ideas of rights and freedoms and equality.
The Enlightenment.
"Give me liberty, or give me death" is an example of a quote that was likely said by which of the following..... Patriot, Loyalist or Fence-Sitter?
Patriot.
What was the primary occupation of most colonists in the 13 colonies?
Small-time farmers.
Prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, this Patriot rode his horse from Boston, to the Massachusetts countryside to warn colonists about the British coming to attack.
Paul Revere.
Colonists felt as though they should not be taxed by the British government, so long as they didn't have any representation in the government.
In the Triangle Trade, what were the main goods being exchanged between Britain and Africa?
Manufactured goods for slaves.
List three ways that Patriots would protest British laws and taxes.
Tar and feathering, boycotts, refuse to pay taxes.
Name two of the crops that were most commonly grown in the Southern colonies.
Cotton and tobacco.
It made Britain accept American independence, gave America all the land east of the Mississippi river, made it so that the Americans could not discriminate or punish former Loyalists.