7th Grade Lead up to Revolution

A 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents, and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice. 

• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act
• Petition

To refuse to buy or use certain goods or services.

• petition
• boycott
• repeal

Spreading of ideas to help a cause or hurt and opposing cause.

• Propaganda
• Petition
• Miltia

What did the Quartering Act say?

• British Soldiers could search your house without a cause to

• Colonists had to pay a tax on thier houses

• Colonists had to allow British Soldiers to stay in their homes

• British Soldiers could seize any house they wanted

___________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Proclamation of 1763

What is a tax?

• Money that the government gives to people.

• Money that people give for government services

• Money that people earn from working

The Stamp Act forced colonists to pay a tax on

• paper

• wood

• wax

Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on were...

• Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and play cards

• Tea and bread

• Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• They were very happy. They organized parties to celebrate

• They were very angry. They organized parades to protest and attacked British tax collectors

• They were angry about it, but did nothing.

Who was the head of the British?

• King Henry

• King John

• King George III