Causes
This act forced Colonists to pay taxes on all imported goods from Britain and tried to stop smuggling.
What was the Townshend Acts?
This man was a tax collector who refused collect taxes and ended up leading the Sons of Liberty.
Who was Samuel Adams?
This is port is where Colonists dressed as Indians to destroy $4 million dollars worth of imports.
What is Boston Harbor?
These are the three rights that the Declaration of Independence states are given by God.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
The British needed tax money from the Colonists to pay for what war.
What was the French Indian War?
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard...
What is The Boston Tea Party.
This man was the leader of England during the American Revolution
Who was King George III?
This was the location of the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.
What is Concord and Lexington?
These colonists stayed true to their King.
What were the Loyalists?
This typically fun event was the cause of the Boston Massacre.
What is a snowball fight?
This law angered colonists because even though it lowered taxes on molasses from the Caribbean, it fought hard against smuggling.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This man funded the Sons of Liberty and has a very large signature.
Who was John Hancock?
This ocean was sailed by those traveling back and forth between Great Britain and the Colonies.
What is The Atlantic Ocean?
This document informed the British the colonists intended to separate from the British.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The colonists offered this document to the British to end tensions and make peace.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This law placed a tax on paper and printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This man actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
This large, colonial city was overtaken by the British for a time, and all travel to and from was prohibited.
What was Boston, Massachusetts.
The name of the governing body of Great Britain.
What is Parliament?
This method of protest is refusing to buy goods.
What is a boycott?
The law that forced colonists forced to house British soldiers...
What is the Quartering Act?
This author wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense" which encouraged colonists to rebel against England.
Who was Thomas Paine?
Sam Adams met Ben Franklin in this city to organize the First Continental Congress.
What is Philadelphia?
This group organized by John Adams led protests against the new taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
In 1774, representatives from every colony except Georgia met at this gathering in Philadelphia to come up with a plan to rebel against England.
What is the First Continental Congress?