American Revolution Obj. 1 CFU

Learn the main causes of the American Revolution!

What reason did the colonies give for protesting British taxes? Taxes were too high. The colonists didn't make enough money to pay for it. Taxation without Representation! Indentured servants weren't having to pay taxes. Why did Britain start taxing the colonists? Britain had a huge debt because of the French and Indian War and needed more money. The king was very greedy. Britain was focused on buying more land and needed the funds to purchase more land. Britain needed more money to send supplies to the colonists. In order to prevent conflicts with Native Americans, what law stated colonists could NOT settle West of the Appalachian Mountains? Stamp Act Boston Tea Party 2nd Continental Congress Proclamation of 1763 What British law placed taxes on paper goods? Intolerable Acts Stamp Act Currency Act Quartering Act What did the Quartering Act require colonists to do? collect taxes house and feed redcoats send resources to England Allow their homes to be searched 5 colonists were killed during this event after a mob provoked British soldiers in the street. Mob Act Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party British Provocation of 1765 True or False: Boycott means to avoid or not purchase. true false Which act taxed items such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea? Paint Act Stamp Act Townshend Acts Tea Act What group was formed by Samuel Adams in 1765 to protest British taxes and laws? Sons of Liberty American Rebels Anti-Tax Men Paul Revere Fan Club What did patriots dump into the harbor in a 1773 protest? Native Americans Tea Gold Guns What was the name of Britain’s law making assembly? Congress Queen's Council Parliament King's Cabinet What did the stamp act tax? Paper goods such as paper, envelopes and stamps Tea and sugar Guns and knives Books What was the nickname the colonists gave to a series of new laws passed by the British to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party? Intolerable Acts Mean Acts Dumb Acts Taxing Acts Who were the loyalists? Colonists that wanted to start the revolution. Colonists that remained loyal to Britain Protesters of the laws and taxes. The Founding Fathers. “No _ without representation!” Tea Soldiers Taxation Representation What war occurred that caused Britain to be in debt and need money? French and Indian War Crusades American Revolution Civil War Boston Massacre event where five colonists died after taunting redcoats salutary neglect time period when the king let the colonies govern themselves Proclamation of 1763 banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains Intolerable Acts laws imposed on the colonists after the Boston Tea Party Tea Act law stating that the colonists could only get tea from East India Trading Company