Acts and Taxes
This Act declared that all printed materials must have an official embossed stamp from Great Britain. This included legal documents, playing cards, newspapers, advertisements, calendars, and certificates.
What is The Stamp Act (1765)
This congress included the proposal that "There should be no taxation without representation."
Stamp Act Congress (1765)
An argument from this group may sound like this: "Both parties are too extreme or radical."
What are Neutralists?
This part of the Declaration of Independence states that the colonies are free and independent states.
What is the declaration of independence?
This event is often considered the first military battles of the Revolutionary War.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This Act placed a tax on everyday goods such as glass, tea, paper, and paint. In order to prevent smuggling, writs of assistance could be used at any time (permission to search without reason).
What are The Townshend Acts (1767)?
This congress worked to form the Continental Army, create paper money for the colonies, create an alliance with France, and publish the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Second Continental Congress (1775)?
An argument by this group of people may sound like this: "No taxation without representation."
What are Patriots?
This section of the Declaration of Independence explains the purpose of the declaration.
What is the Introduction?
This war left Britain with debt, which they sought to pay by taxing the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This act allowed tea to be sold directly from the British East India company to the colonies in order to reduce a surplus of tea in Britain.
What is The Tea Act (1773)?
This congress was the first time the colonies worked together like a national government against Great Britain.
What is the Stamp Act Congress (1765)?
An argument made by this group might sound like this: "Fighting is against my religion. God will decide what should happen."
What are Neutralists?
This section of the Declaration of Independence lists the ways the colonies have attempted to fix the things that are wrong.
What is a statement of attempts to redress grievances?
This colonial response to a British act led to additional harsh acts known as the Intolerable Acts.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These acts closed the port of Boston, appointed a royal governor of Massachusetts, and required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What are The Intolerable Acts (1774)?
This congress published a declaration which stated that the colonies rejected the Intolerable Acts and would boycott British goods.
What is the First Continental Congress (1774)?
An argument by this group may sound like this: "The French and Indian War protected the colonies; therefore, it is fair for them to be taxed to help pay for it."
What are Loyalists?
This section of the Declaration of Independence lists everything King George III and Parliament have done wrong.
What is the list of grievances?
The goal of this meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies was to decide how the colonies would respond to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the 1st Continental Congress?
This was the official name for the acts passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
What are the Coercive Acts (1774)?
This congress rejected the Galloway Plan, which would have formed a Grand Council of the Americas (a national government for the colonies) but would have still been subject to review by the British Parliament.
What is the First Continental Congress (1774)?
An argument made by this group may sound like this: "We have certain rights that the British government shouldn't take away."
What are Patriots?
This section of the Declaration of Independence states that Great Britain has not protected the colonists' natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the Declaration of Rights (or Preamble)?
Delegates from 9 colonies met together in New York City at this gathering to form a "Declaration of Rights and Grievances," which stated how the King's taxes on paper and documents were unfair. This was the first time the colonies acted as a national government.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?