British Taxes
Name this act that was passed in 1765 that placed a moderate tax on newspapers, paper goods, and playing cards.
What was the Stamp Act?
This Founding Father was general during the American Revolution.
Who was George Washington?
The nickname for British soldiers.
Who were the "Redcoats"?
This document described the sentiments the colonists had against the British.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
The founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence voiced the concerns of many colonists in the original American colonies. What were these concerns summed up in one term?
What were colonial grievances?
This act allowed troops to live in a landlord's home rather forcibly and encroached on colonist's right to privacy.
What were the Quartering Acts?
After the Battle of Concord, the British retreated to this city.
What is Boston?
The person who is known for the Midnight Ride.
Who is Paul Revere?
The place where the Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Where is Philadelphia?
What was people being upset by the governance of England by the British Parliament?
This act was passed in response to the events in the Boston harbor and the Boston Tea Party incident.
What was the Intolerable Act?
The name for colonial soldiers.
Who are minutemen / militiamen?
True or false? The roots of the American revolution only date back to 1775.
What is false?
The natural rights stated in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness?
The name of the rights that the British violated.
What are unalienable rights?
This British company monopolized tea and sought to reap the profits in the colonies after Parliament passed the Tea Acts. Name this company that the colonists resented to purchase tea from and were cause of much merchantmen concerns over the tea industry.
What was the British East India company.
The event the Battle of Lexington was famous for.
What was the "shot heard 'round the world"?
The time it took to reach the Americas from Europe.
What are 6-8 weeks?
The person who originally came up with the concept of unalienable rights.
Who is John Locke?
The colonists' claim that since they were not allowed to participate in the British government, they were not allowed to be taxed.
What is no taxation without representation?
The reason why the British taxed the colonists.
What was war debt (caused by the French and Indian War and the Seven Years War)?
Once the British returned to this city, they put it under siege.
What is Boston?
What was the British Army?
The Committee of Five of the Declaration of Independence.
Who are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman?
Name this African American who fell victim to the Redcoats in the Boston Massacre, was idolized in Paul Revere's engravings, and subject to the slavery issue later in American history, and human rights.
Who was Crispus Attucks?