Causes of the American Revolution

This act required colonists to buy a government stamp for almost every paper document they used. These included newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Quartering Act

The body of representatives that makes laws for Great Britain.

• Continental Army

• Parliament

• Colonists

• King George III

Why were colonists upset about the taxes?

• They had no representatives in Parliament.

• They thought they weren't good

• They wanted more.

• They wish there were less taxes.

To protest British taxes, the colonists adopted the slogan

• No more taxes

• Free the people

• No taxation without representation

• No fair

This was a secret organization formed in Boston in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act. They often used rebellious activities to protest the tax.

• Continent Army

• Rough Riders

• The Redcoats

• the Sons of Liberty

This is money paid to the government.

• currency

• taxes

• acts

• representative

Why did Great Britain tax the colonies?

• They were bored.

• They were in debt from the Civil War.

• They were in debt from the French and Indian War.

• They just wanted more money for themselves.

In the American colonies, Great Britain's desire to remain a world power resulted in a conflict with the French known as the

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• World War I

• French and Indian War

What were France and Britain fighting over in the French and Indian War?

• Florida

• Canada

• Ohio River Valley

• Mississippi

This event occurred when angry colonists threw snowballs, stones, and ice at British soldiers. The British fired into the crowd killing 5 colonists.

• The Townshend Act

• Midnight Ride

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre