Road to Revolution

This act put a tax on paper goods, such as newspapers, wills, and playing cards.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
• Quartering Act

This act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on selling tea to the colonies. It made the taxed tea cheaper than the smuggled tea.  (Remember: a monopoly means they controlled the sale of ALL the tea)

• Stamp Act
• Boycott
• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Act

Who won the French & Indian War?

• British
• French
• Indians

This act put a tax on paper goods, such as newspapers, wills, and playing cards.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Acts
• boycott

The Intolerable Acts closed the Boston Harbor until the colonists payed for all the tea. The British originally named them the

• Tea Act
• Coercive Acts
• Stamp Act
• boycott

Taxes on imported goods.

• tea act

• townshend acts

• stamp act

Colonists surrounded British Soliders and they killed 5 civilians.

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Proclamation of 1763

Colonists were angry and would often refuse to pay the taxes. They would hang tax dummies. They didn’t believe they should be taxed if they didn’t have a say.

• No Taxation without Representation

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts

He was known for criticizing King George III for enforcing the Stamp Act and taking a stance opposing taxes. He supported the boycott of British goods. He wrote the speech, “Give me Liberty or give me death!”

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• King George III

• Patrick Henry

British wouldn’t let anyone else import tea to colonies

• Intolerable Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party