Vocabulary
Fight For Your Right
Act It Out
United We Stand
100
Colonists paid these to the government to help run the country.
Taxes
100
Minutemen differed in race and also in this way.
Age.
100
Any and all things that were written or printed on paper had a special tax and required a stamp under this act.
The Stamp Act
100
The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the harbor and that event is now referred to by this name.
The Boston Tea Party.
200
The colonists wanted this so they would be able to make their own laws.
Self-Government
200
Indians were allies with the French, British, or both during the French and Indian War.
Both the French and the British.
200
This act forced the colonists to pay a tax on any goods coming into the colonies.
The Sugar Act
200
The Committees of Correspondence helped communication between people and colonies in these two ways.
Faster and Easier.
300
You may be given this as a result of your actions.
Consequence
300
Who won the French and Indian War.
The British.
300
On March 5, 1770, a deadly fight broke out and later become known as this massacre.
The Boston Massacre
300
The colonists had to "pay" for their actions after the Boston Tea party by housing and feeding these people.
The soldiers.
400
Many people want this so they can take part in the government.
Democracy
400
The British went here to try and find weapons but they were unsuccessful.
Lexington and Concord.
400
The colonists would chant this because they felt the taxes were unfair and they had no say.
No taxation without representation
400
This term refers to people who were against the British.
Patriots.
500
These people were leaders who were elected by the people and passed laws for them.
Parliament
500
This reserved lands for the Native Americans to use as hunting grounds.
The Proclamation of 1763.
500
Parliament heard about the colonists meeting and wanted to prove they were still in charge, so they repealed this act.
The Stamp Act
500
This committee met and decided to stop all trade with Britain.
The Continental Congress.
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