Stamp Act
Who create and why?
Ben Franklin, to unite
It is meant to mean it was going to take everyone to defeat Britain
Why should we pay taxes that we never agreed to pay
patriot
Name the event that had Samuel Adams create the Sons of Liberty to specifically protest
Stamp Act
Tax paid on goods imported to colonies
Townshend Acts
What is this called? Who might be angered looking at this?
political cartoon, the colonist are happy, the British are angered(loyalist)
Parliament is the only law making government
loyalist
How did this influence colonist?
a. they supported the tax
b. They demanded immediate independence
c. They demanded the tax be repealed and they wanted representation
c They demanded the tax be repealed and they have representation
Response by Britain which closed the Boston Harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Who might this perpective be?
Patriots
We fought to win the land west of the mountains, it should be ours to settle
patriots
look at image
What can you tell by this
a. Britain finally showed the colonist representation
b. The First Contential Congress created different acts
c. Great Britains efforts to control the colonies was not successful.
c. Great Britains efforts to control the colonies was not successful.
Quartering Act
Which was NOT a way the colonist approached the issue
a. treason
b. requesting rights
c. asking to be treated as a British citizen
a. treason
Loyalist
Which law was meant to control and regulate the economy in the colonies
A. Intolerable acts
B. Navigation Acts
c. Coercieve Acts
Navigation Acts
How did the colonist act after the laws in 1774
First continental congress sent a letter of grievance
Using the timeline choose one event that lead to the American Revolution and tell how it contributed
Boston Massacre, by increasing tension,
Colonist did not trust soliders
patriot
Which is a reason why colonist were upset?
a. colonist already paid taxes and didn't want to pay taxes to the king
b. Colonist did not have a say in how they were collected or used
c. They were already paying to many and couldn't afford more
b. Colonist did not have a say in how they were collected or used