Acts and Taxes
Required colonists to house British soldiers in barracks
The Quartering Act
Break up letter to King George outlining grievances of the colonies and declaring them the United States of America
The Declaration of Independence
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
Which event allowed Britain to gain control of most of North America but they increased taxes to pay for war debts.
The French and Indian War or The Seven Years War (which lasted 9 years)
This prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains (include the year)
Proclamation Line of 1763
Name act that required a stamp on all printed material and the year it was passed.
The Stamp Act of 1765
Name the 3 parts of the Declaration of Independence
Preamble, Body, Ending
He started the Son's of Liberty
Samuel Adams
The Boston Massacre
Writs of Assistance
Which tax was reduced in hopes colonists would stop smuggling?
Sugar Tax
Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
An event where colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
This act gave Parliament full power to make laws and impose taxes on the colonists
The Declaratory Act
Name the act and the year that granted the British East India Company to ship tea directly to the colonies and sell it.
The Tea Act of 1773
The date the Declaration of Independence was approved
July 4, 1776
Women who encouraged the boycott of British goods and promoted wearing of homemade goods.
Daughters of Liberty
The first battle of the American Revolutionary War - "Shots heard around the world."
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This act taxed imported goods and asserted British control over Colonial trade
The Townsend Act
Government fee on purchases
Taxes
The date the Declaration of Independence was actually signed?
August 2, 1776
Who was the King of Britain that did not read the Olive Branch Petition?
King George III
Created to repeal Intolerable acts, plan boycotts, and build militias. And, what year was it created?
This act created punitive measures including closing of Boston Harbor and banning of town meetings
the Intolerable Acts