Revolutionary War 1
What was the tax on paper goods?
Stamp Act
British Law makers
Parliament
What did the tea act do?
Lowered the tax on tea to try and get colonist to buy it
This required colonists to house British Soldiers
Quartering Act
Refusing to buy or use something in protest
boycott
The document that officially ended the Revolutionary war
Treaty of Paris
Samuel Adams did what?
Started sons of liberty
What was the Townshend act?
Tax on imported British goods
This was the 1st tax passed by the British in 1764 to help pay for the French and Indian War.
Sugar Act
Common slogan or phrase used by the colonist
no taxation without representation
If you were a Son or Daughter of Liberty during the Revolution, would you be a patriot or loyalist?
Patriot
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers that resulted in 5 deaths was called...
The Boston Massacre
These acts were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable or Coercive acts
What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party?
The Tea Act
Colonist who remained loyal to the British government
Loyalist
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle at Yorktown
Militia group that went against the British government
Sons of Liberty
Colonist who wanted independence from Britain
Patriots
What did the stamp act do? (Extra points to list specific types of paper)
Taxed paper items
Name 2 laws that the Intolerable Acts placed on the colonists of Boston.
-closed the Boston Port until damages of the Boston Tea Party were paid
-Placed under more British control
-Colonists ordered to quarter British soldiers
-soldiers sent back to GB for trial
Why did Britain start taxing the colonist?
Line that prevented colonist from moving West past the Appalachian mountains
Proclamation line of 1763
What was the picture from the Boston massacre trying to do?
Gain sympathy for the colonist. Make the redcoats look bad