the government decided to do this when they cancel a law
What is repeal?
100
this was formed by representatives of all but one of the 13 colonies. Representatives voted on what action to take against the British and their taxes.
What is the First Continental Congress?
100
the second meeting of American leaders who made decisions for the colonies and formed a Continental Army
What is the Second Continental Congress?
100
so it decided to tax the colonists
What did Britain do to come up with the needed money to help cover the cost of defending the colonies?
100
Since they had not voted for the members of parliament
What is the reason the colonists didn't' think it was fair for Britain to tax them?
200
when local merchants decide not to buy imported goods
What is a boycott?
200
these were a group of laws requiring a tax be paid on imported goods
What is The Townshend Acts
200
an army of soldiers from all 13 colonies; formed by the Second Continental Congress
What is the Continental Army?
200
the colonies were beginning to rebel against the British taxes
What is the reason Britain repealed the Stamp Act?
200
Colonists refused to pay the tax and threatened those who tried to collect it
What is the reason Britain passed the Stamp Act?
300
law that punished the colonists for dumping tea into the Boston Harbor
What were the Intolerable Acts?
300
the killing of five men in Boston panicked by British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
a document stating why the colonies wanted independence
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
the colonists didn't want to pay the tax
What is the reason they decided to boycott imported goods from Britain
300
Colonists did not want to pay a tax to Britain. They boycotted imported goods.
What is the reason Britain passed the Townshend Acts?
400
the law-making assembly for Great Britain
What is Parliament?
400
the British lost many soldiers in this battle, which took place on Breed's Hill.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
400
a person who works against his or her country
What is a traitor?
400
Britain still needed money
What is the reason King George the III found another tax for the colonies?
400
because tensions increased between Britain and the colonies
What is the reason Britain send warships to the colonies?
500
this required all colonists to pay a tax on printed materials
What is the Stamp Act?
500
supported the boycott of imported goods by making tea from herbs and berries and by weaving cloth
What were the Daughters of Liberty?
500
a soldier from one country being paid to fight for another country
What is a mercenary?
500
the British wanted to convince the Colonists to stop protesting the tax
What is the reason Britain sent warships to the colonies?