Taxes
What year was the stamp act implemented?
1765
What Items required stamps after the Stamp Act?
All paper items (calendars, legal doc, letters, posters, newspapers)
How many colonies were in North America
13
How did the colonists dress during the Boston Tea Party?
They dressed like native Americans
how many colonies were involved in the First Continental congress
12/13
Why was the stamp act different from earlier taxes?
It affected everyday life and many citizens, not just trade.
What did the colonists do as a response to the Tea Act?
The Boston tea party/ dumped the tea into the harbor
What phrase did the colonists use to express their anger with British parliment
No taxation without representation!
What did the British call the intolerable acts?
The cohesive Acts
During the congress, who did the colonists write a letter to?
King George
What types of items were taxed after the Townshend Acts?
everyday item (glass, paper, paint, tea,lead)
How did colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
Boycotted buying the items that were being taxed
What did great Britain want the colonists to pay?
Their (war) debts
How many people actually dies during the Boston Massacre?
6
Why did the colonies decide to prepared their militias during this meeting?
How did the phrase "No taxation without equal representation" begin/ what does it mean?
Colonists were being taxed by Parliament, but they had no representatives there.
What event happened as a result of troops crowning Boston during the Townshend Act?
The Boston Massacre
What are Natural Rights/ example
rights you are born with (the pursuit of happiness, protection, speech)
The British East India Company was a ________________ after the Tea Act
monopoly
Why didn't Georgia participate in the congress?
Because the colony was benefiting from trade and it needed Britain's help in case a war broke out with Native Americans
Why were the colonists mad about the Tea Act even though it reduced the tax on tea?
Because British officials were allowed to search without warrants, which stopped smuggling (free tea)//colonial tea merchants lost money to the monopoly
What event was held as a reaction to the intolerable acts?
The first continental congress
How did the scientific revolution influence the American Revolution?
A new way of thinking, enlightenment, encouraging a shift from acceptance of the church
What act allowed British officials to search colonist property without warrants?
The Townshend Act
What was the location of the first continental congress? (state and city)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania