Causes of the American Revolution
The war that caused the British to go in debt.
What is the French and Indian War
Which Act forced colonists to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes?
The Quartering Act
Colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain.
Patriots
What does boycott mean?
to refuse to buy or support something.
On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies formally did this
What is declared Independence from England.
What did the British do in order to repay the debt from the French and Indian War?
They taxed the colonies.
During this event, people dressed as Native Americans and boarded ships and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
If you were a "Son of Liberty" during the Revolution, would you be a patriot or loyalist?
Patriot
smuggling
to import goods illegally/avoid taxes and customs oficers
The coastal town that was attacked by sea and burned by a British captain
What is Falmouth, MA (now Portland, ME)
The riot that broke out between colonists and British soldiers
the Boston Massacre
Which man defended the British Soldiers on trial for the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
This tea is made in the colonies using available fruits and leaves
What is Liberty Tea?
A meeting of representatives of the American colonies
The Continental Congress
Name four taxes/acts that the British forced on the colonies.
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts
The French and Indian War was fought between _______________ and ________________
The French and British
Who was the leader of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?
King George III
This part of the British government passed laws that many Patriots despised
What is Parliament?
3 word phrase in political cartoon created by Benjamin Franklin that encouraged the colonies to fight together
What is "Join or Die"?
How many colonists died during the Boston Massacre
5 people
What does no taxation without representation mean?
The colonists saying because they had no representation in Parliament.
Who did the colonists choose as their Commander in Chief at the Second Continental Congress?
George Washington
Loyalist
What is a colonist who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution
This was the first battle of the American Revolution
The Battle of Lexington & Concord