Causes of the American Revolution
The war that caused the British to go in debt.
What is the French and Indian War
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
What does boycott mean?
to refuse to buy or support something.
This act was a tax on print materials such as legal documents, magazines, and newspapers to name a few.
The Stamp Act
What is a Settlement of people in a foreign country called?
colony
What did the British do in order to repay the debt from the French and Indian War?
They taxed the colonies.
During this event, people dressed as Native Americans and boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
liberty
What is freedom?
This was a British tax on sugar created to raise money to pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War.
The Sugar Act
What are the agrucultural products that made plantation owners rich (like tobacco, cotton, indigo, etc.) called?
Cash crops
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers
the Boston Massacre
What does no taxation without representation mean?
The colonists saying because they had no representation in Parliament.
What is a tax?
Money paid to the government for goods or to follow a law
Where did the Colonists dump the tea?
Boston Harbor/Atlantic Ocean
What is the name for the big farms in the southern colonies that used slaves for work?
Plantations
Name four taxes/acts that the British forced on the colonies.
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts
The French and Indian War was fought between _______________ and ________________
The French and British
What is independence?
Being in charge of yourself
How many colonies were there during Colonial America?
13
Statement that you make about something. The colonists wrote this when they announced their independence from Britain.
Declaration
How many colonists died during the Boston Massacre
5 people
Who was the leader of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?
King George III
What is a revolution?
The act of revolting or standing up for yourself and agains your oppressor
A meeting of representatives of the American colonies
The Continental Congress
What was the name of the colony that mysteriously disappeared?
Roanoke