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
If you were a "Son of Liberty" during the Revolution, would you be a patriot or loyalist?
Patriot
unalienable rights
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
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
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers; Paul Revere did an engraving about it
the Boston Massacre
Which man defended the British Soldiers on trial for the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Colonists reaction to the Townshend Acts
Boycotted British goods: tea, glass, paper, lead
A meeting of representatives of the American colonies
The 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
The French and Indian War was fought between _______________ and ________________
The French and British
Who was the leader of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?
King George III
Wrote "Common Sense" to encourage colonists to fight for freedom
Thomas Paine
Phrase included political cartoon created by Benjamin Franklin that encouraged the colonies to fight together
What is "Join or Die"?
Who was the first person to die during the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
What does no taxation without representation mean?
The colonists saying because they had no representation in Parliament.
Who wrote plays, pamphlets and poems which encouraged independence?
Mercy Otis Warren
great colonial leader with a sense of duty; led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
George Washington
This was the first battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Lexington & Concord