Lead Up
The French and Indian was was between which two European countries?
Britain and France
This act required colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering Act?
During the Boston Tea Party, colonists disguised themselves as __________.
Native Americans?
Why were two countries fighting in the French and Indian War? What did the both want?
The Ohio River Valley (control trade)
This act, passed by Parliament, was a tax on items such as molasses, coffee, and wine.
Sugar Act?
This man, a leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty, led protests
Samuel Adams
Why did Britain decide to tax the colonists?
To pay off their war debt from the French & Indian War.
Parliament passed this to raise money to help pay for the cost of defending the colonies. It taxed all paper products.
Stamp Act?
This president defended the redcoats involved in the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
This law banned colonists from accessing land west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
In 1770, British soldiers were stationed in the colonies to keep the peace between these two groups, but a tragedy occurred.
Boston Massacre
The first man to die in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Why were colonists banned from accessing land west of the Appalachian Mountains
They kept getting into fights with the Native Americans (the king thought it was too expensive to keep defending them)
Passed after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists.
Intolerable Acts
This event happened as a response to the Tea Act. The cargoes of British ships were thrown overboard.
Boston Tea Party