Road to Revolution 1
This was the result of the Seven Years War?
Britain gained the Ohio River Valley, Florida & Canada.
What was the name of the company Britain supported in the Tea Act?
East India Company
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
Protesting the Tea Act
This was the primary reason colonists were angry with British Parliament
The colonists wanted representation in Parliament
This prevented colonists from settling into areas seized during the French and Indian War.
The Proclamation of 1763
This is the name of Britain's law-making assembly?
What is Parliament?
Based on the Intolerable Acts, why did Britain punish only Boston, Massachusetts?
If the colonies could be divided, then it would be able to conquer and control the colonies.
How did Britain aim to control the colonies?
Britain tried to control colonies with taxes.
This brought the French and Indian War to an end.
Treaty of Paris of 1763.
This was a tax on all paper goods
the Stamp Act?
This was the name given after the British fired into a crowd of colonists and killed 5 people
The Boston Massacre?
This was the message Ben Franklin wanted to send the colonists with the political cartoon "Join or Die"
What is unite or unify?
This disrupted the colonial economy in the colonies.
Sugar Act
This was a tax on imports like glass, paint, lead, and even tea...
the Townshend Acts?
This group sided with King George III
the Loyalists
This started the American Revolution and led to the Second Continental Congress
The Battles of Lexington & Concord
This was the part of the Coercive/Intolerable acts where colonists had to house British soldiers, feed them, etc.
What is the Quartering Act?
This direct tax caused further separation between the British and the American colonists
the Stamp Act
These acts were forced on the colonists to punish them for Boston Tea Party
the Intolerable/Coercive Acts?
This was the effect of the Seven Years War
Taxing colonists to pay for war
This was the slogan used after the Stamp Act was passed to stir up anti tax feelings
What is 'no taxation without representation'?
This act was originally intended to make tea cheaper and help out the East India Trading Company
What is the Tea Act?
This first act of violence committed against the colonist further causing hatred towards the British.
Boston Massacre