Causes of the American Revolution
The war that caused the British to go in debt.
What is 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.
Patriots
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 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
He was the leaders of British Empire.
King George III
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
secret group of Patriots protesting the taxes and acts
What did the Proclamation of 1763 prohibit the colonists from doing after the French and Indian War?
move to the Ohio River Valley
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers
the Boston Massacre
The French and Indian War was fought between _______________ and ________________
The French and Indians against the British.
Who did the colonists choose as their Commander in Chief at the Second Continental Congress?
George Washington
What is a tax?
Money paid to the government for goods or to follow a law
A meeting of representatives of the American colonies
The Continental Congress
The number of colonists that died in the Boston Massacre is __________. Name the former slave and dock worker that was killed.
5; Crispus Attucks
He defended the British Soldiers on trial for the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
If you were a "Son of Liberty" during the Revolution, would you be a patriot or loyalist? Who is the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Patriot; Samuel Adams
What is Parliament?
The British Government
What event led to the Intolerable Acts?
The Boston Tea Party
Name four taxes/acts that the British forced on the colonies.
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts
What does no taxation without representation mean?
The colonists saying because they had no representation in Parliament.
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea and _________________ was the only company who could sell it to the colonies.
Tea Act; British East India Tea Company
What is a loyalist?
a colonist who supported Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
What did Benjamin Franklin's image of a divided snake symbolize to the colonies?
The colonies needed to unify and work together to defeat King George III and Parliament.