British Taxes
This act taxed sugar and was passed in 1764.
What is the Sugar Act?
This phrase showed colonists were angry about taxes.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
This man led the colonial army.
Who is George Washington?
The first tax act passed by Britain.
What is the Sugar Act?
This document officially ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This act required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
Refusing to buy British goods was called this.
What is a boycott?
This battle was the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The year the Revolutionary War began.
What is 1775?
Britain recognized this after the war.
What is U.S. independence?
These acts taxed imported goods like glass, paint, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This country helped the colonies after Saratoga.
What is France?
The year of the turning point battle.
What is 1777?
After the war, Americans had to create this.
What is a government?
This act led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
Britain taxed the colonies mainly for this reason.
What is to pay war debts?
The final major battle of the war happened here.
What is Yorktown?
The year Yorktown occurred.
What is 1781?
The economy needed this after the war.
What is rebuilding?
These laws punished Massachusetts by closing Boston Harbor.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The first battles of the war happened in this place.
What are Lexington and Concord?
The British leader who surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is General Cornwallis?
The year independence became official.
What is 1783?
States needed this to become a strong nation.
What is unity?