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Causes of American Revolution

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  • 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