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Taxes and Acts
Effects of Taxes
Colonists Rebel
Fighting Begins
Misc.
100
King George of England wanted to show the colonists that he was in charge, so he continued to tax them. His other reason for taxing them was this:
What is because he needed money to repay the war?
100
This patriot spoke out first against the taxes:
Who is Patrick Henry?
100
A colonist who opposed British rule and taxation:
What is a Patriot?
100
Along with silversmith and express rider Paul Revere, these two men also warned villages of the British attack:
Who are William Dawes and Samuel Prescott?
100
This means to refuse to buy goods or use services:
What is a boycott?
200
This tax required people to pay when they bought a newspaper, used paper for legal documents, and even playing cards:
What is the Stamp Tax?
200
This man created both the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence:
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
These were the views shown by the Boston Tea Party:
What is protest of the tea tax?
200
This battle took place first, with the famous "shot heard around the world"
What is the battle at Lexington?
200
This group made "Liberty Tea" and wove cloth so that colonists could boycott British goods:
What is the Daughters of Liberty?
300
This tax required colonists to pay a tax on tea, and only buy it from one company:
What is the Tea Tax?
300
This group made sure colonies were communicating news quickly to each other:
What is the Committees of Correspondence?
300
This man volunteered to lead any army to help Boston:
Who is George Washington?
300
The British failed at their attempt to take this town's ammunition and the soldiers retreated to Boston:
What is Concord?
300
This British General was put in charge of Boston during the Intolerable Acts:
Who is Gen. Gage?
400
This tax was named after it's inventor and caused colonists to have to pay taxes on all imported goods:
What is the Townshend Act?
400
Overall, this was the most important effect of British taxation on the colonists:
What is the colonists united?
400
These were volunteer armies made up of farmers and craftsmen of all ages:
What are militias?
400
A famous battle that the Patriot Army lost, but were successful in causing a lot of damage to British troops:
What is the Battle at Bunker Hill?
400
This man was supposed to be arrested, along with Samuel Adams, on the night of Paul Revere's famous ride:
Who is John Hancock?
500
These Acts were punishment to the people of Boston for the ruining of tea during the Boston Tea Party. It included the closing of Boston Harbor:
What is the Intolerable Acts?
500
The common protest cry of, "No taxation without representation!" was offered heard said by:
Who are the colonists?
500
This patriot tried to excite colonists into fighting for freedom:
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
This Patriot Colonel led the Battle at Bunker Hill:
Who is Col. William Prescott?
500
This name refers to colonists who wanted to follow British rule:
What is a Loyalist?