Complaints
Why did Parliament impose taxes, such as the Sugar Act, on the colonists?
To pay for the French and Indian War
Who wrote Common Sense- about why the 13 colonies should break away from Great Britain
Thomas Paine
According to the Declaration of Independence, government derives its power from
the people
This act told colonists that they had to let British soldiers live in their homes.
What was the Quartering Act?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the French and Indian War?
Great Britain helped to fund the French and Indian War, which led to a lot of this.
What is debt?
During this event, colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This act prevented colonists from moving west.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
These rights were stated in the Declaration of Independence
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Colonists were told to let these men stay in their homes after the French and Indian War.
Who were British soldiers?
These people were appointed by the King to enforce British laws on the colonists.
Governors
"...give me liberty or give me death!" was said by
Patrick Henry
This act taxed all printed papers.
What was the Stamp Act?
This person helped gain French support for American independence
Ben Franklin
These are two examples of printed paper that were taxed due to the Stamp Act.
The British passed a number of new laws that required colonists to pay these.
What are taxes?
The colonists were upset that they were being taxed without a say in the new laws. This is what they called the situation.
What is taxation without representation?
This act made it so that colonists could only buy tea from one company.
What was the Tea Act?
The Proclamation of 1763 said that
Colonist could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?
Both Great Britain and France wanted to control the Ohio River Valley
Great Britain's debt increased by this much after the French and Indian War, leading to more taxation of the colonies.
What is by almost double?
Colonists refused to buy tea. A refusal to buy a product is known as this.
What is a boycott?
These acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party, and were unacceptable to the colonists.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
What does the Declaration of Independence state people have a right to do if a government violates their personal rights?
Overthrow or replace the government