Road to Revolution 1
This war and its debt would lead to the Revolutionary War?
French & Indian or 7 Year's War.
This was the primary reason colonists were angry with British Parliament and the King?
taxes, no representation
This was a tax on all paper goods, legal documents, business document, etc.
The Stamp Act
This document declared the colonies independent of England.
The Declaration of Independence.
This is the name of Britain's law-making assembly/government?
What is Parliament?
Who would be chosen to lead the newly established Continental Army?
George Washington
This Act was forced on the colonists to punish them for destroying 352 crates of tea during the Boston Tea Party. This Act would close Boston Harbor and shut down the Massachusetts colonial government.
The Intolerable or Coercive Acts
What were some methods used by the colonists to protest the Townshend Act?
What is boycotting and smuggling?
Who was the King of England at this time in colonial history?
King George III
What was the slogan that was passed around the colonies, expressing the colonists anger with Britain and their governing of the colonies?
No taxation without representation
This event would be used as colonial propaganda after the British fired into a crowd of colonists and killed 5 people.
The Boston Massacre
Who was the colonist that warned of the British arrival?
Paul Revere
This pamphlet, written specifically to influence the everyday person into choosing a side, was very effective.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
This British law prevented colonists from settling into areas west of the Appalachian mountains that were seized during the French and Indian War.
The Proclamation of 1763
What was the Quartering Act?
An Act that forced colonists to house, feed, and pay the salaries of British soldiers.
What Act would lead colonists to vandalize and dump 352 crates of British tea in Boston Harbor?
Tea Act