British Laws & Taxes
This act taxed paper like newspapers and cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
Colonists organized many of these these to show they were angry about taxes.
What are protests?
The leader of Great Britain.
Who was King George III?
These colonists stayed loyal to the British king.
Who were Loyalists?
The number of original colonies in the United States.
What is 13?
This act put a tax on tea.
The Tea Act
This protest dumped tea into the water.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists were forced to let these people stay in their homes.
Who were British soldiers?
This famous colonist was a writer, inventor, and diplomat.
Who is Ben Franklin?
Problems between Britain and the colonies grew in this major city.
This act taxed sugar and molasses.
The Sugar Act
The type of clothing people wore to the Boston Tea Party.
What is Native American clothing?
This event occurred when British soldiers fired on colonists in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
These colonists wanted independence from Britain.
Who were Patriots?
Great Britain is located on this continent.
What is Europe?
This catchy phrase means the colonies were taxed without being able to vote.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
What time of day did the Boston Tea Party take place?
What is after dark (any time 8-3 AM would be okay)?
Britain closed this place after the Tea Party.
What is Boston Harbor?
This writer helped convince colonists to support independence through his pamphlet.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This first battle of the American Revolution happened at...
What is Lexington and Concord?
What is the Act that allowed British soldiers to live in colonists' homes?
What is the Quartering Act?
This group protested British taxes.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
These laws punished the colonies after the Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This pamphlet, written by T.P. argued that the colonies should break away from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
Where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is Philadelphia?