Vocab
What does it mean to boycott?
Refuse to buy goods
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Paper and printed goods
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A group of colonists who protested British laws and taxes
What was the cause of Britain's Parliament imposing taxes on the colonists?
They were in debt after being involved in many wars.
How did the other colonies try to help the Bostonians after the Harbor blockade?
By sending clothing, food, and livestock. They smuggled in tea from Holland and gunpowder.
What is a tax?
Money the government collects from citizens
Why were colonists upset about the Quartering Acts?
If forced them to allow soldiers to stay in their house
Why were they so secretive?
Punishment for treason was death
Why did the Boston Tea Party happen?
Protest of the Tea Act / taxation without representation
What were the Intolerable Acts and who enacted them?
Harsh laws passed by Britain to punish Boston. King George III
What does repeal mean?
To cancel a law
What did the Tea Act do?
Allowed only the East India Company to sell tea
What was their first major rebellion?
Protest of the Stamp Act
What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists boarded ships and dumped tea into the harbor
Name ONE part of the Intolerable Acts.
Closed Boston Harbor / banned town meetings / military rule
What does “taxation without representation” mean?
Being taxed without a voice in government
What did the Sugar Act tax?
Sugar/imports
What caused the British East India Company to nearly go out of business?
The colonists boycotted the tea
Who was involved in the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty / colonists
Colonists felt that they were being ruled by a government in which a single person ruled absolutely and in a cruel way. This is called a . . .
Tyranny
What is Parliament?
Britain’s law-making group
To Punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party, King George III passed this
Intolerable Acts
What was their most famous rebellion?
Boston Tea Party
When and where did the Boston Tea Party happen and take place?
December 16, 1773, Boston Harbor
How did the Intolerable Acts lead to the First Continental Congress?
Colonies united and met to respond to British actions