Road to Revolution

Colonists tossed tea into Boston Harbor as a protest of the Tea Act.

• Boston Tea Party
• Boycott
• Boston Massacre
• First Continental Congress

A law passed by the British Parliament that stated Colonists had to give supplies and shelter to British soldiers.

• The Quartering Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Intolerable Acts
• The Supplies Act

A person that remained loyal to the British government.

• Patriot
• Briton
• Traitor
• Loyalist

Colonial rallying cry which reflected the idea of government by consent.

• Give me Liberty, or Give me Death
• I regret I only have one life to give for my country!
• End the war, NOW
• No Taxation Without Representation

A law passed to help pay for debts incurred during the French and Indian War that placed a tax on many items such as printed paper goods made in the colonies. A stamp was placed on the item when the tax was paid.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Paper Act

An event where the British fired on colonists and five colonists were killed. Crispus Attucks, former enslaved African, was the first to be killed.

• Boston Tea Party
• Lexington and Concord
• Boston Massacre
• French and Indian War

Four new laws that were passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. As part of the punishment, the British closed Boston Harbor until colonists paid for the money lost when the tea was dumped into the harbor.

• Unbearable Acts
• Inacceptable Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts

A war fought for control of the Ohio River Valley.

• American Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• French and Indian War
• War of Independence

A law that allowed one company to sell tea at a lower price. This forced other tea companies out of business and required colonists to pay a tax on the tea that was sold by the remaining British company.

• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Coffee Act

This event happened when the colonists stored gunpowder at Concord, Massachusetts and the British decided to get it. Tensions between the two sides were heated and “The Shot Heard Around the World” became the official start of the American Revolution.

• Lexington and Concord
• Boston Massacre
• French and Indian War
• War of 1812