Revolutionary War

Colonists were angry about the tax on tea and when they had to buy it from a certain company they became angrier. The Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded 3 ships and dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbor.

• Boston Massacre
• The Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Tea Party

An act passed by Parliament taxing all printed materials in the colonies.

• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act

Why were the American Colonists upset with the British government?

• King George and the Parliament were taxing the colonists unfairly.

• They threw tea into the harbor.

• The British were shooting at them.

• The British were stealing their tea.

What was the main reason people from England chose to move to the Colonies

• They wanted to move for fun
• They wanted religious freedom
• There was more tea in the Colonies
• They wanted the higher paying jobs that were there

The leader of England was

• George III
• John Hancock
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

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The American colonists felt that the English government made them...

• work too hard
• follow unfair laws
• buy too much teach
• buy too many clothes

Which law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all British soldiers in America?

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

• Navigation Act

What law made it very expensive for colonists to import molasses?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act

What law placed high taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea?

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Acts

• Navigations Acts

• Stamp Act

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts