Vocabulary
To refuse to buy something in protest.
What is a boycott?
This act taxed paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
This event came after the Tea Act, and was led by the Sons of Liberty.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This group of colonists supported the King.
Who were the Loyalists?
Colonists used this phrase to protest British laws.
What is "no taxation without representation?"
A type of government where one ruler has the sole authority.
What is a monarchy?
This act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This announcement from the King angered many colonists.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Who were the Patriots?
This area was fought over by the French and British.
An area controlled by a foreign country.
What is a colony?
This was the first act passed by the King to tax colonists.
What is the Sugar Act?
This event created a debt, and started the Road to Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
These leaders were active and rebellious in the colonies.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
These were all reasons why colonists were angry about the Proclamation of 1763. (list 2)
What were: they had fought for the land, they felt the king was taking too much control, they wanted to gain money with the fur trade, or they wanted to move west to have more land for their family.
A type of government where leaders are elected by the people they represent.
What is a democracy?
These items were all taxed by the acts (list at least 3).
What are: sugar, paper, glass, paint, tea (teacher may accept other answers)
When the King repealed his tax, it showed this.
What is weakness?
This group made sure important information was communicated to all colonists.
Who is the Committee of Correspondence?
What is: he wanted to protect colonists from French and Natives in the area and he wanted to make sure he could govern and control his people,
To remove, cancel, or get rid of.
What is repeal?
These were all parts of the Intolerable Acts (list 3).
What are: Closed Boston Harbor, Quartering Act (more soldiers), and one town meeting per year.
This event helped unite colonists against Britain, despite its tragic outcome.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was the British lawmaking group.
Who is Parliament?
These things all affected morale and loyalty to Britain. (list 2)
What are: wealth (money), job, or family roles in their colony.