People
Acts
Key Events
Why tax?Why Fight?
Perspective
100
Supporters of separation from Great Britain. Supporters of American Independence.
Patriot
100
Gave the British East India co. a monopoly over the sale of Tea to the American Colonies.
The Tea Act.
100
Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss a collective response to the Intolerable acts.
First Continental Congress
100
What was the main reason why colonists needed to pay taxes after the French and Indian War?
Britain wanted them to help pay off the war debt.
100
How did the colonists feel after seeing Paul Revere's engraved picture of the Boston Massacre?
They were mad or angry.
200
I was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
200
This act placed a tax on imported lead, glass, paper, paint and tea.
The Townshend Act
200
This war was fought between the British, colonists, French and Native Americans.
The French and Indian War
200
The writs of assistance was put into place as a general search warrant that could be used at any time. Its goal was most likely to catch whom?
smugglers
200
The British soldiers were called ________ or _______ by the colonists.
Lobsterbacks, Regulars, Redcoats or Bloodybacks
300
Member of the Sons of Liberty whom created the Boston Massacre propaganda print?
Paul Revere
300
This act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
The Quartering Act
300
Created an imaginary line down the Appalachian mountains and prevented American Colonist from settling newly won land to the west of it. Those already settled had to move.
Proclamation of 1763
300
The saying used in protest of the taxes past by Parliament.
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
300
This article and picture of the events in Boston is from which groups perspective?
Patriot or Sons of Liberty
400
The purpose of this group was to organize protest against the British government's interference with the American colonies ?
The Sons of Liberty
400
This act required colonists to pay taxes on sugar, coffee, molasses, indigo and whale fins.
Sugar Act
400
During this event, colonists dressed as Native Americans to board British ships and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston Tea Party
400
A peaceful protest such as this encouraged people of the colonies to not buy British Goods
Boycott
400
William Franklin believe that the British laws governing America should be obeyed unless legal action was taken to repeal them. He is most likely a
loyalist
500
Those people living in the colonies, but remained on the side supporting the British government
Loyalist
500
This act required colonists to buy and use "stamped" paper for legal documents , playing cards, pamphlets, calendars, documents, etc.
The Stamp Act
500
During this event, colonists protested the collection of taxes and threw snowballs at British guards. Five colonists were killed and many others were wounded in this event.
Boston Massacre
500
This act that closed the Boston harbor after the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts
500
"I am indeed of the opinion that the parliament has no right to make any law whatever, binding on th ecolonies." This person is a
patriot