Taxes
This Act taxed every piece of printed paper that the colonists used.
The Stamp Act
The King in Britain
King George III
1776
Ben Franklin is credited for creating the "Join of Die" cartoon, which depicts this animal cut into many pieces.
Snake
The product that was thrown into the Boston Harbor to protest taxes.
Tea
The people who supported the colonies becoming a separate country
Patriots
The Day that independence was declared (still celebrated as a holiday)
July 4th
The group of men organized protests and boycotts against the Stamp Act.
The Sons Of Liberty
The colonists were upset because they were being taxed without...
Representation
The people wanted the colonies to continue to be controlled by the British.
Loyalists
The first of the three sections of the Declaration of Independence
The Preamble
The British became involved in this war because they believed the Ohio River Valley belonged to them.
The French and Indian War
This Act placed tariffs on products coming into the colonies.
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was named after this person.
Charles Townshend
The number of colonies that supported the decision to declare independence.
8
Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?
The Quartering Act
In 1770, Parliament repealed all of the Townshend Acts except for the tax on this.
Tea
The Name of a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
The writer of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to these two cities to stop the British from taking their supplies; the Revolutionary War also began here.
Concord and Lexington