Acts & Taxes
Paper goods like newspapers, playing cards, and licenses.
Who owned the tea that the colonists threw in the harbor?
The British.
Were the Native Americans happy with settlers moving westward into their land after the French and Indian War?
No, they thought the settlers would ruin their ways of life.
What is a massacre?
What did the Quartering Act do?
What Act caused the Boston Tea Party?
The Tea Act (it raised taxes on tea)
What did the French and British want the land in the Ohio River Valley for?
For farming, hunting for furs, and settling there.
Did the colonists like the British Soldiers?
No, they fought a lot and made fun of each other.
Why were the colonists angry with all of the taxes that they had to pay?
Because they did not have anyone representing them in the British Government, but they still had to pay taxes. (Taxation without Representation)
Colonists protested by dressing up as Native Americans and dumping British tea into the harbor.
Where was the land that the French and British were fighting over?
In America in the Ohio River Valley. Near modern day Ohio, Illinois, etc.
Do we know exactly who started the Boston Massacre?
No, there were many different accounts of who started the fight.
The Townshend Acts did what?
Tax goods in the colonies like glass, paint, paper, and tea.
Yes. It was one of the main events that caused the American Revolution.
What did the French and Indian War leave Great Britain with?
New land and a lot of debt from the war.
Who made sure that the news of the Boston Massacre got out?
Samuel Adams did, but everyone spread the news as well.
They FORCED the colonists to pay taxes and obey Great Britain.
What did the Boston Tea Party lead to?
The Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress (the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies to present complaints to the King,) and the American Revolution.
The Proclamation of 1763 did what?
It stopped attacks on settlers by making Native American's move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why did the Boston Massacre happen?
The colonists were angry that the British were taxing them and forcing them to keep British soldiers in their homes. (Quartering Act)