Road to Revolution

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• British Law banning settlements West of the Appalachian Mountains

• British Law forcing colonists to feed and house British soldiers

• Britain placed taxes on printed materials in the colonies

• "No Taxation Without Representation!"

What was the Quartering Act?

• British Law banning settlements West of the Appalachian Mountains

• British Law forcing colonists to feed and house British soldiers

• Britain placed taxes on printed materials in the colonies

• "No Taxation Without Representation!"

What was the Stamp Act?

• British Law banning settlements West of the Appalachian Mountains

• British Law forcing colonists to feed and house British soldiers

• Britain placed taxes on printed materials in the colonies

• "No Taxation Without Representation!"

What was the saying that untied the Colonists?

• British Law banning settlements West of the Appalachian Mountains

• British Law forcing colonists to feed and house British soldiers

• Britain placed taxes on printed materials in the colonies

• "No Taxation Without Representation!"

Why did Sam Adams form the Sons of Liberty?

• He wanted freedom to make their own laws so the lead protests against the taxes and put pressure on stamp agents

• Taxes on imported goods

• A boycott - refusal to buy goods

• Mercy Otis-Warren was a writer who encouraged the boycott and they started making their own tea

What was the Townshend Acts?

• He wanted freedom to make their own laws so the lead protests against the taxes and put pressure on stamp agents

• Taxes on imported goods

• A boycott - refusal to buy goods

• Mercy Otis-Warren was a writer who encouraged the boycott and they started making their own tea

What was the effect of the Townshend Acts?

• He wanted freedom to make their own laws so the lead protests against the taxes and put pressure on stamp agents

• Taxes on imported goods

• A boycott - refusal to buy goods

• Mercy Otis-Warren was a writer who encouraged the boycott and they started making their own tea

What was the role of colonial women?

• He wanted freedom to make their own laws so the lead protests against the taxes and put pressure on stamp agents

• Taxes on imported goods

• A boycott - refusal to buy goods

• Mercy Otis-Warren was a writer who encouraged the boycott and they started making their own tea

What did the Daughters of Liberty do?

• Began weaving cloth instead of buying wool from the British

• Taxes on imported goods

• A boycott - refusal to buy goods

• Mercy Otis-Warren was a writer who encouraged the boycott and they started making their own tea

What was the Boston Massacre?

• Many angry colonists surrounded British soldiers and they panicked and fired into a crowd killing 5 Americans

• The colonies wrote to inform each other about protests and delivered them by "express riders" on horse

• Britain would only allow their tea company to import teas to the colonies

• Sons of Liberty dresses as Mohawks and dumped all the tea from the British ships into the harbor