People
I am the first general of the Continental Army
George Washington
The British law taxing the most consumed beverage (aside from water) in the world and forced colonists to buy it only from them.
The Tea Act.
During this event, colonists protested the collection of taxes and threw snowballs at British guards. Five colonists were killed and many others were wounded in this event.
Boston Massacre
Colonists' main argument against paying taxes.
No taxation w/o representation
The American Revolution started in this town/city.
Boston
I wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This act placed a tax on most imported items from Britain.
The Townshend Act
Colonists wanted representation in which country?
Great Britain
The secret society formed in Boston to protest British tax policy.
Sons of Liberty
Colonists who sided with the King and were ok paying their fair share of taxes
Loyalists
I was the main smuggler in Boston, the president of the second continental congress & a signer of the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
What was the main reason why colonists needed to pay taxes after the French and Indian War?
Britain wanted them to help pay off the war debt.
During the Revolutionary War, the American colonists were called ___________ or ___________ .
Rebels, Patriots, or Sons of Liberty
I died in the Boston Massacre and was the first African American hero of the war?
Crispus Attucks
This act required colonists to pay tax on most paper goods, playing cards, pamphlets, calendars, legal documents, etc.
The Stamp Act
The first shot in the American Revolution, the Shot Heard Around the World, was taken here
Lexington Mass.
How did the American colonists show their anger over British taxes?
Protest, boycott, riot