Acts
This was a tax on paper
Stamp Act
This was the meeting conducted with a group of Patriots after the Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
Describe the Boston Massacre.
British fired into the crowd killing 5 people
The Boston Tea Party was organized by the Sons of Liberty to protest what?
Having to buy tea from only one company and the tea tax.
Tax on tea
Tea Act
This was a group of Patriots who organized boycotts and other events such as the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
After so many of the colonists started boycotting British goods, what did Parliament do?
They repealed some of the taxes.
What did the colonists do?
They got on the boats dressed as Native Americans and threw the tea overboard, ruining it.
Soldiers had to live in the same home as the colonists and the colonists had to pay for them
What was the colonists biggest complaint?
HINT: There is a saying that goes with it
Taxation without Representation
They wanted a voice in government
What did the Declaratory Act say?
That Britain could still tax the colonists any time they felt like it.
After the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed the Intolerable Acts. What was one thing these Acts did?
Closed Boston Harbor so they couldnt trade
Got rid of town meetings
Reinstated the Quartering Act
What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?
The colonists couldn't move past the Appalachian Mountains
How did the colonists treat the British soldiers?
The colonists called the Coercive Acts this name
The Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
France fought Britain
What started the Boston Massacre?
When did Britain pass the Coercive Acts?
After the Boston Tea Party
What war are all of these events leading to?
The Revolutionary War