Samuel Adams and the ______ _________ ___________ led protest against the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
What were colonist who were against the British called?
Patriots
Who made an angry speech against the stamp act which the famous saying" Give me Liberty or Give me death" was born?
Patrick Henry
Over what area of land did the Britain and France fight for in the French and Indian War?
The Ohio River Valley
What two countries fought in the French and Indian War?
Britain and France
Why did the colonist boycott (or stop buying) the British goods?
To avoid paying taxes
Both the British and the French wanted the Ohio River Valley to trade?
Fur
What did the colonist called the Coercive act?
The Intolerable act
Explain the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor
What did the Intolerable act do?
Gave food and shelter to soldiers
What are the colonist who was loyal to the King called?
Loyalist
What was the act that taxed tea, glass, led, paint and paper that the colonist imported called?
Townshend Act
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
a group formed to fight for freedom and rights
After France was ready to make peace with Britain, the two countries signed an agreement called?
Treaty of Paris
Why was the Battle of Lexington and Concord significant to the American Revolution?
The start of the war
To buy an item printed on paper, colonist had to pay for a _______ ________?
Tax Stamp
Who shot the first shot at the Battle of Lexington?
No one knows
What was taxed under the Stamp Act of 1765?
Anything printed on paper
Explain what "no taxation without representation means?"
colonist felt they should have representation in their local government and not be controlled by the British Parliament.
Name the Patriot who is famous for a midnight ride to alert the soldiers that the regulars were coming?
Paul Revere
When Parliament eventually got rid of the Townshend act was it called?
Repeal
Name one of the five items that were taxed under the Sugar Act?
Sugar, Coffee, Cloth, Indigo and wine
Who believed that if the colonies were to unite they would have a better chance at winning the war?
Benjamin Franklin
Why did the British Parliament decide to start taxing the American Colonies?
To help pay back money lost in the French and Indian War
Name the Leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
Colonist felt as though their local represenatatives should be the ones to pass taxes, not _________________________________ (What is the Government called)
Parliament
What is a tax?
money you that people pay to the government
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