Acts
Causes of the American Revolution 1
People of the American Revolution
People of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution 2
100
Taxed tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper that the colonies imported. Also established the use of Writs of Assistance
What is The Townshend Act
100
A fight between British soldiers and colonists.... 5 colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre
100
These are the colonists who wanted to go back to England and King George III.
Who are the Loyalists?
100
This number of people were killed in the Boston Massacre
What is 5
100
After what war did Britain start taxing the colonists to help pay back the war debt?
What is the French and Indian War
200
This act taxed sugar and molasses, and was strictly enforced
What is The Sugar Act
200
Allowed the East India Tea Company of Britain to sell tea in America at a cheap price. Made taxed tea even cheaper than smuggled tea. They were still upset and didn't buy the tea.
What is The Tea Act
200
This person was the ruler of Great Britain.
Who was King George III.
200
Was the first person shot during the Boston Massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks
200
What was this called?
Join or Die
300
Taxed anything on paper (newspapers, documents, playing cards)
What is The Stamp Act
300
Dozens of Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and boarded ships in Boston Harbor illegally. They threw the unwanted tea into the Harbor.
What is The Boston Tea Party
300
These are the colonists who wanted to get away from Britain.
Who are the Patriots?
300
The founder of the Sons of Liberty
Who was Samuel Adams
300
To refuse to participate or buy something
What is boycott
400
freedom, liberty and independence are
what are three things the colonists wanted from the British?
400
The women of the colonies who organized their own boycott of English cloth
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
400
He rode on a horse and warned that the British was coming
who is Paul Revere?
400
This was a problem for the colonists, who had no say in the rules against them. This was their motto.
No Taxation without representation!
400
Delegates or representatives, from each colony met in Philadelphia to discuss the unjust actions of the British towards colonists
What is The First Continental Congress