Taxation and Acts
The Sugar Act placed a Tax on what items?
Sugar and Molasses
Where did the 1st continental congress met?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Who was the 1st man killed in the American Revolution?
Crispus Attucks, an African American Man
Definition: A colonist who fought against the King of England
Patriot
What act allowed British Soldiers to live in your house?
Quartering Act
What did the First continental Congress send to King George?
a letter of demands/rights
Who is famous for the Midnight ride?
Paul Revere
Loyalist
What is the plan King George made for the colonies that set a boundary line for westward expansion?
No crossing the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
What State did not participate in the Continential Congress?
Georgia
What was the name of the women who helped make colonial made clothing instead of buying British goods?
Daughters of Liberty
Definition: a tax placed on goods and materials
Tariff
What did British Parliament close after the Boston Tea Party happened?
The Boston Harbor
What is the name of the event where Patriots threw snowballs at British Soldiers and the British Soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists'?
Boston Massacre
King George III
Definition: Group of patriots who protested the King's unjust rule
Son's of Liberty
What was the Act that placed a tax on tea, sugar, paint, glass and paper?
Townshend Acts
Definition: gathering of men from colonies to discuss 1st moves to separate from the King
Continental Congress