Taxes and Acts
This 1765 law required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials like newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry and James Otis argued this principle: “Taxation without ______ is tyranny.”
What is representation?
1754, this young Virginian fired the first shots of the French and Indian War.
Ask the first President.
Who is George Washington?
This European intellectual movement emphasized science and reason over tradition.
What is the Enlightenment?
Colonists sometimes punished British tax collectors by covering them with this sticky substance
and feathers.
What is tar?
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but quickly passed this law declaring they could make rules
for the colonies “in all cases.”
What is the Declaratory Act?
This secret society, started by Sam Adams, protested British taxes—sometimes by tarring and
feathering tax collectors.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The French and Indian War officially ended with this 1763 treaty.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This English philosopher argued that government was based on a “social contract” between
rulers and the people.
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Who is John Locke?
The Quartering Act of 1765 required colonists to do this for British soldiers.
What is provide food and shelter?
Will accept at least one answer. "EVERYTHING GOES"
These acts of 1767 placed taxes on everyday items like paint, glass, lead, and tea.
Answer: What are the Townshend Acts?
Groups that spread news of British actions and helped organize boycotts were called these.
What are Committees of Correspondence?
The law passed in 1763 that forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Enlightenment thinkers did not believe kings and queens got their power directly from this source.
What is God?
This Boston silversmith engraved a famous image of the Boston Massacre that spread
anti-British feelings.
Who is Paul Revere?
This 1773 law lowered the cost of tea but kept a tax, angering colonists and leading to protest.
What is the Tea Act?
In December 1773, colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded ships and dumped 342
chests of this product into Boston Harbor.
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What is tea?
On March 5, 1770, this violent event in Boston fueled anti-British propaganda.
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What is the Boston Massacre?
Colonists believed if rulers violated rights, the people had the right to do this.
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What is overthrow the government?
Colonists used these secret agreements to spread anti-British information.
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What are committees of correspondence?
After the Boston Tea Party, Britain punished the colonies with these harsh measures. Colonists
called them the “Intolerable Acts.”
What are the Coercive Acts?
Colonists used this term to describe the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5,
1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
In 1774, Britain closed Boston Harbor until colonists paid for the destroyed tea. This was part of
these acts.
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What are the Intolerable Acts?
Colonists drew inspiration from this 1215 English document that protected rights and limited royal
power.
What is the Magna Carta?
Parliament passed this act to punish Massachusetts by suspending its legislature.
What is part of the Intolerable Acts?