Causes of the Revolution

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• Forbade colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from living east of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from travelling along the Mississippi River

• Forbade colonists from trading with the British

What is a petition?

• Another word for a riot

• A tax placed on colonists

• A formal law that is made

• A formal request that is submitted to an authority

What is a boycott?

• A violent protest

• A written request

• Refusal to buy or use goods and service

• A product the British made better than anyone else

What does it mean to repeal something?

• Approve

• Cancel

• Extend

• Fight

What did the Townshend Acts do?

• Placed taxes on medical treatments

• Placed taxes on homes and businesses

• Placed taxes on paper

• Placed taxes on things like lead, glass, paint, and tea

What was the famous slogan colonists used to portray their unhappiness with Parliament?

• It's My Money and I want It Now!

• No Way Without a Say!

• No Taxation Without Representation

• The British are Coming!

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A patriot group formed to protest British taxes

• A covert military group during the Revolution

• A militia outfit

• Women who wrote to newspapers anonymously

What did the Quartering Act do?

• Charged every colonist a quarter a day to eat

• Required colonists to provide food, housing, and supplies to British troops

• Required colonists to build quarters, or housing, for the British troops

• Required British troops to rebuild any and all homes that were destroyed during the war

What did the Stamp Act do?

• This was not an actual law that was passed

• Taxed paper documents by requiring an official stamp be placed on them t be legal

• Taxed paper documents not produced in Britain

• Required farmers to "stamp", or label, their livestock and equipment

The Boston Massacre...

• Was the result of unpaid taxes

• Was the result of colonial brutality towards the British

• Was the result of a riot in Boston. British troops fired on unarmed citizens

• Was the result of the Sons of Liberty dumping tea into the Harbor