American Revolution

To refuse to buy something is a

• militia

• boycott

• tax

• oath

South Carolinians who wanted independence (to be free) from the British were called

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Red Coats

To become free from a country or something is

• representation

• a blockade

• independence

A South Carolinian or American who wanted their colony to remain part of Great Britain was a

• militia man

• Patriot

• Red coat

• Loyalist

The meeting where the colonists sent a letter to the King of England telling him they were unhappy with the British taxes was

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

A movement to overthrow a government is called

• an oath

• taxation

• a rebellion

• a blockade

Money that people must pay to the government is

• oath

• boycott

• tax

• militia

The colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had did not have a voice in the tax was

• a rebellion

• taxation without representation

• partisan warfare

• independence

law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers

• Intolerable Act

• Tea Act

• First Continental Congress

• Stamp Act

Why were the colonists unhappy with the Stamp Act?

• It was taxation without representation.

• They did not want to pay a tax on tea.

• They did not buy stamps.