Causes of the Revolutionary War

People

100

I was the leader of the Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams

200

I was the king of England during the American Revolution

King George III

300

group of people wanting independence from Britain

Patriots

400

I was the woman who fought for the Patriot cause

Abigail Adams

500

I fought in one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and would later become a founding father.

George Washington

policies

100

closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid back money for the tea

Intolerable Act

200

This act required colonists to buy stamps or seals for most paper goods, playing cards, pamphlets, calendars, documents, etc.

The Stamp Act

300

allowed British officers to search any location for smuggled goods.

Writs of Assistance

400

This act required colonists to pay taxes on sugar, coffee, molasses, indigo and whale fins.

The Sugar Act.

500

Quartering Act

Forced colonists to house British soldiers

Events

100

The Proclamation of 1763 stated the colonists- 

couldn't move passed the Appalachian mountains

200

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

300

During this event, colonists dressed as Native Americans to board British ships and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

Boston Tea Party

400

This war was fought between the British, colonists, French and Native Americans.

The French and Indian War

500

The French gave the British the Ohio River Valley with this document

Treaty of Paris of 1763

Misc.

100

The French and British fought over the _____________in the French and Indian War?

Ohio River Valley.

200

Paul Revere used the image of the Boston Massacre as _______________

propaganda

300

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.

400

This was issued by King George after the French & Indian War. It set aside all land in the Ohio River Valley for Native Americans.

Proclamation of 1763

500

Colonists fought in the American Revolution  to________

gain their independence or freedom from Britain.