Great Britain
Who won the French and Indian War
Great Britain / England
True or False: Great Britain frequently taxed colonists directly before the French and Indian War.
False: Great Britain did not directly tax colonists until after the French and Indian War.
What was the event called where British soldiers killed 5 American colonists?
Boston Massacre
What does intolerable mean?
Not tolerable, unbearable, not able to be handled.
Why did Great Britain start taxing the colonies?
To pay off war debt from the French and Indian War.
True or False: The Stamp Act taxed stamps.
What was the event called when protestors dumped boxes of tea into the Boston harbor?
Boston Tea Party
What was the radical organization in charge of colonial protests in Boston called?
Sons of Liberty
What is a loyalist?
A person who supports or is loyal to the British government.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
All paper products.
True or False: The Stamp Act was a direct tax.
True: The Stamp Act was the first direct tax on the colonists by the British government.
What is vandalism?
Action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.
What institution in Great Britain wrote and passed laws, including the taxes on the colonies?
Parliament
True or False: The Tea Act raised taxes on tea in the colonies.
False: The act lowered the tax on tea, making the cost of the tax and tea cheaper than smuggled goods.
What did the colonists want from protesting British taxes?
Representation in parliament.
What is activism?
The policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.
John Adams
The Boston Tea Party led to which set of laws which punished Boston for destroying the tea?
The Intolerable Acts
What was the motto of the colonists protesting British taxes?
No taxation without representation!
What is a patriot?