Taxes
Causes
Boston Tea Party
Revolutionary People
Interesting Facts
100
The country made the colonies pay tax.
What is Great Britian?
100
The colonists wanted "No taxation without ________."
What is representation?
100
The colonists threw this into Boston Harbor.
What is tea?
100
The commander-in-chief of the Continental (colonists) Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
One of the four cities that had over ten thousand people in 1775 but is now one of the world's largest cities and where the Empire State Building can be found.
What is New York?
200
This act put a tax on molasses and other sweets.
What is The Sugar Act?
200
The event in which former slave Crispus Attucks was killed by British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
The Boston Patriots were dressed as these people during the Boston Tea Party.
Who are Indians?
200
One of these presidents were part of the American Revolution: Abe Lincoln John Kennedy Thomas Jefferson
Who is Jefferson?
200
The United States of North America was shortened to this new name.
What is the United States of America?
300
This act ordered colonists to supply British soldiers with living quarters and supplies.
What is The Quartering Act?
300
The name of the group that met under the Liberty Tree to plan a revolution.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
300
This man was king of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
300
Former slave who was killed during the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
300
The group of people wanted to remian "loyal" to Great Britain
Who are Loyalists?
400
This act required tax on newspapers and playing cards.
What is The Stamp Act?
400
The group of women who made their own fabric and tea to show Britain they can get along without British goods.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
400
King George did this when he heard about the Boston Tea Party.
What is closed Boston Harbor?
400
Colonists were called this name, which is also the name of a football team from New England.
Who are Patriots?
400
The number of miles between Great Britain and the American colonies
What is 3,000 miles?
500
The law making body in Great Britan issued the taxes on the colonies.
What is Parliament?
500
Where the First Continental Congress met.
Where is Philadelphia?
500
This colonist offered to pay back the British government for the soggy tea.
Who is Ben Franklin?
500
The name British soldiers were called because of the color of their uniforms.
Who are Redcoats?
500
The two settlements near Boston where the American Revolution started with "The shot heard around the world."
What are Lexington and Concord?