Taxes!
Name two items that the Stamp Act taxed.
Newspapers, magazines, legal documents
This word means to speak out against something.
Protest
How many people died as a result of the Boston Massacre?
5
What law tried to keep the peace between colonists and Native Americans?
Proclamation of 1763
Who was the king of England from 1760 to 1801?
King George III
Name two items that the Sugar Act taxed.
sugar, coffee, molasses, indigo
This word means to refuse to buy something in protest.
Boycott
What are two insulting names that the colonists were calling the British soldiers?
lobsters and Redcoats
What happened to colonists who did not pay their taxes or were caught smuggling goods?
They were sent to England to have a trial. A judge made the decision, no jury!
This member of the Sons of Liberty made a famous engraving of the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere
Name three items that the Townshend Acts taxed.
Glass, tea, lead, paint, and all other goods imported from England
This word describes colonists who were loyal to King George and supportive of the British government.
Loyalist
During the Boston Massacre, what was each side (colonists and British soldiers) armed with?
Colonists: sticks, rocks, snowballs, clubs
British solider: Guns (muskets) with bayonets
What does "no taxation without representation" mean?
The colonies did not want to be taxed because they had to say, no representatives in Parliament.
A group of Patriots who actively spoke out against England and the King.
Sons of Liberty
This law stated that the British government had the power to make laws for and tax the colonies.
The Declaratory Act
This word describes colonists who did not support King George or the British government.
Patriot
Why were the colonists in Boston angry, just before the Boston Massacre took place?
Unfair British laws/taxes and/or the thousands of British troops that had been sent to Boston.
What land were France and England fighting over during the French and Indian War?
Ohio River Valley
A group of Patriot women who encouraged colonists to stop drinking British tea.
Daughters of Liberty
This was the big reason why England wanted to collect tax money from the colonists.
The French and Indian War
This word means bringing something in secretly or illegally.
Smuggle or smuggling
Why did Paul Revere illustrate the Boston Massacre the way that he did in the famous engraving?
Paul Revere wanted colonists to believe that the Boston Massacre was an unfair fight that was entirely England's fault. He wanted more colonists to become Patriots and speak out against England.
Name all 13 colonies.
These people collected taxes and had the right to search homes, warehouses, and ships for smuggled goods.
Tax Collectors