American Revolution 19-20

This was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Townshend Act

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• Townshend Acts

How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?

• Dressed up like Native Americans
• Boston Massacre
• Dumped tea into Boston harbor
• Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

This type of American Colonist was in support of the British parliament.

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• Yes man
• Neutral

The Second Continental Congress addressed the steps to the colonies governing themselves and the creation of what military group?

• Colonial militias
• Marines
• Continental Army
• Navy

Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington

This type of colonist was ready for rebellion and the fight for independence.

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutral
• British 

Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation line of 1763
• Proclamation boundary
• Manifest Destiny
• Borderlands

Which act was passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Outrageous Acts

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“