Vocabulary
To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source. An organized refusal by many people is also called a ______.
Boycott
This act provided British troops with housing when stationed in the colonies.
The Quartering Act
The King announced this which forced colonists off the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains and set the land aside for Native Americans.
What was the colonial response to the Sugar Act?
Colonists began to smuggle in sugar.
Fill in the Blank, "No ________ without Representation."
Taxation
To take back/redact an act of law.
Repeal
Why did the British impose a number of taxes on the Colonists in North America?
Britain was in great debt from the French and Indian War and needed to come up with money to pay it off.
The first fired gun of the Revolutionary War is often referred to as ____?
"The shot heard round the world"
Name two famous Patriots that are credited with leading colonists to revolt.
Sam Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, etc.
This Act taxed luxury items (lead, paint, glass, etc), targeting the higher class
Townshend Act
a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency
Militia
Tax placed on all newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
This person published propaganda of the Boston Massacre, creating more hostile feelings among the colonial population.
Paul Revere
The colonists responded to the Stamp act by ______________ goods. This had a negative effect on the British economy and tensions continued to rise, so the act was _______.
Boycotting -- Repealed
The only Tax that Britain would not give up on.
Tea Act
Name the three different political "parties" represented among the colonists.
Patriots, Loyalists, and Neutralists
The Tea Act was an attempt to create a ____________ on the Tea industry, by only allowing colonists to purchase Tea from the British East India Company
Monopoly
This act of rebellion, led by the Sons of Liberty, was quickly following by the implementation of the intolerable acts.
The Boston Tea Party
Colonial response to British tax collectors being stationed in the colonies.
Tarring and Feathering British tax collectors.
What you are accused of if you are accused of working against your own government. What the signers of the Declaration of Independence could have been accused of.
Treason
Members of the organized militia within the colonies, ready to take up arms at a moments notice.
Minutemen
What are three of the four acts that made up the intolerable acts?
1. Closure of Boston Harbor
2. No longer right to a fair trial in Mass.
3. Appointed Government Officials in Mass.
4. Quartering Act applied in all 13 colonies.
The Battles at Lexington and Concord occurred because British troops were ordered to do what?
Seize Colonial weapons and capture patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
The first political cartoon was published by ____________ to inspire colonies to come together. Describe the Cartoon and inscriptions throughout.
Benjamin Franklin - "Join or Die" - A snake made up of separate parts and each section is labeled by a colonies abbreviation or region name.
The unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way is called a _________.
Tyrant