Colonization
One of the reasons (G's): Europeans came to America to build wealth for themselves.
Gold
What did the Stamp Act do?
Put a tax on all paper goods in the colonies.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Event where colonists dumped British Tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the name of the group that organized the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty
One of the reasons (G's): Europeans came to America to practice their religion freely
God
What did the Intolerable (Coercive Acts) do?
Punished the Colonists of Boston by closing Boston Harbor until the Colonists paid for the tea they ruined.
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Declared that the American Colonies would now be free from British rule.
Who was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution?
King George III
One of the reasons (G's): Europeans came to America to acquire land making their country more powerful
Glory
What did the Townshend (Revenue) Act do?
Taxed items that the Colonists could not make themselves.
Why was the Boston Massacre important?
The deaths of colonists by British soldiers enraged the colonists more and strengthened support for American Independence.
The man who created the most famous image of the Boston Massacre that circulated throughout the colonies.
Paul Revere
What resulted from the French and Indian War?
The British won the war, but were in a large amount of debt from it.
What did the Tea Act do?
Made it so Colonists could only buy Tea from the British East India Company.
The slogan of many colonists who protested against the new taxes
"No Taxation without Representation"
Why was Crispus Attucks important?
He was the first person who died for the cause of American Independence in the Boston Massacre.
The First people to live in America (Native Americans) saw their populations reduced by 80% after colonization due mostly to this.
What is disease?
What did the Declaratory Act do?
Stated that all laws had to come from the King and Parliament, making colonial legislatures useless.
What are the three natural rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Paine is famous for writing this pamphlet that laid out reasons the colonies should be independent from the British Government.
Common Sense