Causes of the American Revolution
The war that caused the British to go in debt.
The French and Indian War
Which act forced colonists to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes?
The Quartering Act
Colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain were called ______________.
Patriots
To refuse to buy or support something.
Boycott
During this event, people dressed as Native Americans and boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
What did the British do in order to repay the debt from the French and Indian War?
They taxed the colonies.
This act was a tax on Sugar that Parliament passed to help pay for their war debts.
The Sugar Act
If you were a "Son or Daughter of Liberty" during the Revolution, would you be a patriot or loyalist?
Patriot
To cancel or undo a law.
Repeal
Colonists were angry because they had no representation in Parliament, so there was no one to speak up for colonists' interests, concerns, or needs when tax laws were being made. The slogan heard throughout the colonies as they were boycotting and protesting was "No ______________ without _________________!"
TAXATION/REPRESENTATION
"No taxation without representation!"
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers where 5 colonists were killed.
The Boston Massacre
Which act was passed that caused the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
A colonist who supported England and the king as tensions rose leading up to and during the American Revolution was called a _________.
Loyalist
A required payment to the government on income, goods, or services.
Taxes
Representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss how Britain’s unfair laws and taxes were impacting each colony. They also discussed their anger about Coercive Acts.This meeting was called the ______________________.
First Continental Congress
Name four taxes/acts that the British forced on the colonies.
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts
Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help raise money to pay off their debt from the French and Indian War. What is ONE action the colonists took that caused this act to be repealed?
Possible Answers:
1. Representatives from the colonies formed the Stamp Act Congress and demanded Parliament repeal the Stamp Act.
2. Angry mobs met British ships at the harbor and destroyed stamps that were onboard.
3. They protested the act by not buying stamps or purchasing products with the stamps.
Who was the leader of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?
King George III
What is Parliament?
The British Government
Britain repeals the Stamp Act, but passes the Townshend Acts which taxes imported products. What does import mean?
BONUS: How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
Goods brought INTO a country. (In this case, British goods being brought into the colonies to be sold were taxed.)
BONUS: Colonists boycotted imported goods by refusing to buy these products.
This is considered the first battle of the American Revolution and it showed Britain that the colonists were not afraid to stand up to the most powerful army in the world.
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Boston Tea Party caused Parliament to pass harsh laws on the colonists. These laws closed Boston Harbor and made it illegal for colonists to have town meetings. What were these laws called?
The Coercive Acts (or the Intolerable Acts)
The Proclamation of 1763 gave the majority of land west of the Appalachian Mountains to which group of people?
Native Americans
A group of ordinary people who train for battle.
Militia
How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?
They ignored it and continued to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.