Events 1
This event led up to the taxes put onto the colonists
The French and Indian War
Parliament began to tax the colonists because....
Colonists came to North America in search of....
freedom
refusing to buy products
boycott
Harsh laws passed by the British government to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for destroying their tea.
Intolerable Acts
The Act where the colonists had to provide the British soldiers with anything they needed (a place to stay, food, etc.)
Quartering Act
This placed a tax on all government documents, including wills, licenses, and playing cards
Stamp Act
This region of the colonies is known for their shipbuilding/logging, and fishing
New England
Colonists who would join the Minutemen and militia after the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Patriots
This was known as the "shot heard round the world".
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Because of this, it was illegal for colonists to move west.
Proclamation of 1763
Because of this act, British soldiers were able to enter the homes and businesses to see if anyone smuggled in items and did not pay taxes
Townshend Act
This section of the 13 colonies is known for their cash crops.
Southern
what the British government was known as
Parliament
British soldiers fired into a crown of angry colonists, killing five of them.
Boston Massacre
At the end of this event, the Treaty of Paris was signed to end this war...
French and Indian War
This tax caused the British merchants to complain causing the British to repeal.
Townshend Act
Puritans were found in this region of the colonies
New England
Colonists who would remain true to the King of England after the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Loyalists
This group of men destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company to protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation."
Sons of Liberty
List the causes in order.
French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Midnight ride of Paul Revere, Battle at Lexington and Concord
These two tax implementations were repealed except for the tax on tea.
Stamp Act and Townshend Act
The Middle Colonies did not have one set religion due to the fact that the ___________believed in equality.
Quakers
A group of citizenry and readied to fight at a moment's notice
Minutemen
This man rode his horse through the streets to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere