Vocabulary 1
The head of the British government.
Prime Minister
To refuse to buy certain goods and services.
Boycott
What is a Parliament?
These houses rule and make laws for Great Britain today, but they also made laws for the colonies back in the 1700s.
What year was the Stamp Act issued?
1765
Which were the 3 reason Europeans were competing with?
World Resources, Military strength, and Political
Who were the British East India Company?
a large company (owned by the English government) that shipped lots of tea.
An act that put a new tax on molasses, as well as wine, silk, cloth and coffee.
Sugar Act 1764
British East India Company
The Molasses its made from?
Sugar Cane and Sugar beets
List 2 examples of legal documents that paid taxes:
wills, marriage paper, newspaper, etc.
The American Revolution is also known by?
The Independence War
What nations was the British East India shipping the tea to?
from southern Asia to England and the American colonies.
To cancel or take away.
Repealed
An event occurred on December 16, 1773, were the Sons of Liberty dumped tons of tea overboard into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
Boston Tea Party
What was the reason the British Parliament decided to put taxes?
Britain was in debt from the war.
How did all papers show evidence that the tax was paid?
It was Stamped
Where did the American Revolution take place during 1775?
Lexington and Concord Massachusetts.
Why was the British East India Company losing money?
lost a lot of money when the American colonists stopped buying tea because of the Townshend Acts.
An act that placed a tax on legal documents, such as wills, diplomas and marriage papers, newspapers etc.
Stamp Act 1765
An act that let the British East India Company bypass the tea merchants and sell directly to colonists.
Tea Act 1773
Mention an example of another item, not such sugar that had taxes?
Wine, Cloth, Silk, Coffee
How did the colonist feel with the new Parliament of the taxes?
They were Angry
How many years did this War last?
9 years
Who dressed up like Mohawks?
The Colonists
A British statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain and authorized the Stamp Act.
George Grenville
Why were the Colonists Protesting about the taxes?
They increased the taxes, and they had no voice in the Parliament.
What did the colonist besides protesting do by showing their anger?
Angry colonists threw rocks, and burned down the homes of tax collectors!
What year did the War began and what year did it end?
1775-1783
What did the "Mohawks" colonist in the Boston Harbor?
They spilled tons of tea, that was in the chest.