Proclamation of 1763
Why did the British decide to tax the colonists?
What is they were in debt from the war.
What year was the Townshend Acts passed?
What is the Townshend Act was passed in 1767.
What plan did Frederick North have?
What is he wanted to bring more money to the British by putting a tax on the tea that was shipped from them.
What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?
What was to create a Declaration of Rights that should be adopted and sent to the king.
What was the name of the Indian chief that organized several Indian nations and attacked colonial forts?
What is Chief Pontiac.
Why did the colonists protest the Proclamation of 1763?
What is they felt the king was trying to keep them from expanding West.
What items did the Townshend Act tax?
What is glass, paper, and tea.
Why did the colonists object to Frederick North’s plan?
What is the colonists were afraid it would put their competitors out of business and they didn’t want to have to pay taxes for it.
How could the delegates at the Congress best be described?
What is the delegates were patriots that were well educated and were leaders in their colonies.
What did the colonists do to the British Tea in Charleston, South Carolina?
What is allowed the British Tea to rot in a damp cellar.
What was the attitude of the king toward the colonists?
What is many colonists felt that the king didn’t really care about protecting them from the American Indians.
What group did Samuel Adams belong to?
What is the Sons of Liberty.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
What is the colonist unloaded the British Tea in the Boston harbor from the cargo ships so they wouldn’t be forced to pay taxes on it.
What action did the Continental Congress take?
What is the Continental Congress agreed to boycott British goods.
How many British soldiers were in Boston at the time of the Boston Massacre?
What is 4,000 British soldiers.
Why did the colonists feel that taxation was unfair?
What is taxation without representation?
What was the result of the Boston Massacre?
What is the result of the Boston massacre, British soldiers were removed from the city.
Did all of the colonists approve of what happened at the Boston Tea Party?
What is some colonists thought that it was not the best way to protest and some merchants even offered to help pay for the damage costs.
Who were Minutemen?
What is they were called Minutemen because they agreed to gather at a minute’s notice and become soldiers.
How many chests of British tea were dumped into the Boston harbor?
What is 300 chests of British Tea.
What was the Stamp Act and when was it passed?
What is the Stamp Act was passed in 1765 it enable the government to tax legal and business papers used in America.
Why didn’t King George III take the actions of the colonists seriously?
What is looked down on the colonies as weak and no match for the mighty British army and navy.
How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
What is the British passed the Intolerable Acts on the colonies to punish them for their actions.
What did Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott do?
What is warned the colonists of the British attack by riding through Massachusetts on horseback.
What did the colonists do to the British Tea in Annapolis, Maryland?
What is burned the ship that was carrying the British Tea.