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
Who defended the British after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
What does boycott mean?
to refuse to buy or support something.
On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies formally did this
What is declared Independence from England.
What did the British do in order to limit westward expansion after the French and Indian War?
They issued the Proclamation of 1763 so the colonies couldn't move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
During this event, people dressed as Native Americans and boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
The founder of the Sons of Liberty who used boycotts and protests to be heard.
Samuel Adams
A tax on all imported goods in the colonies
Townshend Acts
*Triple Jeopardy*
What document influenced the American colonists to declare independence using logic and reason?
Common Sense
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers
the Boston Massacre
*Double Jeopardy*
Explain 3 British economic policies following the French and Indian War that made colonists mad.
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Tea Acts
Intolerable Acts- Boston Harbor
This act lowered the tax but due to Mercantilism forced colonists to buy only their cheaper product.
Tea Act
What the American colonists didn't have in the British government and become one of the foundational principles of American government
Representation
A meeting of representatives of the American colonies to discuss all the thing Britain is doing in the colonies
The First Continental Congress
Who was the first person to die for the American cause and why is he important?
Crispus Attucks, first person to die for the US and he was a free half black, half native man living in Boston.
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
Used to incite fear, anger, and resentment during the American Revolution especially with the publication of the Boston Massacre paper
Propaganda
Series of acts that were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Explain the significance of the "Join or Die" cartoon to the American Revolution.
It was first used to convince the British to join the war against France in the F&I War but then used against the British to fight in the American Revolution.
What does "No taxation without representation" mean?
The colonists saying/slogan because they had no one to defend their interests in the colonial government or Parliament.
During the Second Continental Congress, colonists decided to do what 2 things?
George Washington as their commander, send the Olive Branch Petition
Loyalist
What is a colonist who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution
This was the first battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Lexington & Concord