Taxes
The act that taxed stamps.
Stamp Act
The Intolerable Acts were passed in response to what event?
Boston Tea Party
The First Continental Congress was held as a response to what?
The Intolerable Acts
What was the event that "sparked" the road to the revolution?
The French and Indian War
What confrontation unfolded between British soldiers and colonists in which 5 colonists were eventually shot?
Boston Massacre
Name the act that placed taxes on the following: imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Act
This act closed the Port of Boston until tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
Boston Port Act
This was the year it occurred.
1774
What event where Americans dressed like natives and dumped tea in a British Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
What is the name of the group/organization made up of colonists who fiercely fought and opposed British taxation? (Hint: sometimes they used violent means to achieve their goals)
Sons of Liberty
This required soldiers to be housed in citizen homes.
What is the Quartering Act?
This act took away the rights of self government in the colony where the Boston Tea Party occurred.
Massachusetts Government Act
Why did the colonists think the assembly was necessary?
- they saw the Intolerable Acts as a violation of their rights and a threat to colonies
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
Taxation without representation
What was the goal of the Intolerable Acts?
Stop rebellion & get colonists to obey British authority
What act(s) resulted from the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
According to the Administration of Justice Act, British officials accused of a crime would now be tried in ________________, clearly undermining the leverage/power of the colonies.
Britain
Which colony did not send delegates to the assembly?
Georgia
Although the Townshend Acts were repealed, the tax on ___________ still remained.
Tea
What was one impact of the Boston Port Act on the people of Boston?
Options:
- People who worked on the docks or ships lost their jobs
- loss of money because they couldn't export goods
- could not receive imports from England
The repeal of which act led to the Declaratory Act?
Stamp Act
A clear infringement on people's property was the Quartering Act since it required colonists to...
house & feed British soldiers
What four things did the First Continental Congress decide to do?
Help Massachusetts/ Petition the King
Boycott ALL British goods and stop all exports to Britain until the Intolerable Acts were removed
Set up and train a militia
Meet again for a second convention in 1777
What is propaganda?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
What did the Declaratory Act do?
Said Parliament had the absolute right to make laws for the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever," and could tax the colonies as much as they wanted