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The French and Indian War
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Act
The Tea Act
Intolerable Acts & Continental Congress
100
The French and Indian war was fought over what?
land
100
The stamp act was a tax on
paper
100
Since the colonists refused to pay the The Stamp Act tax, Britian decided to
Put a tax on everything
100
What was the name of the company that colonist were forced to buy their tea from?
The Dutch East India Trading Company
100
Name the 3 rules of the Intolerable Acts
-Quartering soldiers -British ruler of Massachusetts -Port of Boston was closed until tea was paid for
200
What two countries fought in the war?
Great Britian and France
200
Give 2 examples of the two of the papers that were taxed
newspapers, playing cards, legal documents
200
What is it called when the tax was placed on everything
a tariff.
200
What was it called when the colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped the tea in the harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
200
Explain the quartering act
Being forced to keep soldiers in your home and having to feed and cloth them.
300
What was needed to cover the cost of the war?
taxes
300
How did the colonists feel about the tax?
They were angry and refused to pay it.
300
The tariff was on all good imported from
Britian
300
Where did the tea party take place
The Boston Harbor
300
Representatives came from every colony except
Georgia
400
Who was expected to pay the taxes?
The colonists
400
How did you prove that you had paid the tax?
By showing the stamp on your paper
400
The colonists fought this tax by
boycotting
400
What was the name of the group that dressed up as Native Americans
The Sons of Liberty
400
Name the 3 decisions of the First Continental Congress
-Stop all trade with Britian until the Intolerable Acts were repealed -Raise a militia -Meet again in one year
500
What was the first tax?
The Stamp Act
500
Explain taxation without representation
Having to pay a tax imposed by the King without having a say in it.
500
What stopped the Boycott
The Tea Act
500
What happened as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
500
What is a militia
volunteer army