The American Revolution

What made the colonists upset about the Proclamation of 1763?

• they were not allowed to have weapons

• they had to allow soldiers in their homes

• they paid taxes

• it did not allow colonists to settle West of the Appalacian mountains

How did King George Plan to get money for the cost of the French and Indian War?

• steal from the French

• have a bake sale

• tax the colonists

• sell tea

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

• they were too expensive

• they didn't make sense

• they had no representatives in the British government

• they did not like tea

Finish the statement: "No taxation without ______

• representation

• Parliament

• warning

• retreat

What did the colonists throw into Boston Harbor?

• Chocolate Milk

• Soda

• Coffee

• Tea

The Stamp Act was a law that taxed which of the following items?

• Tea

• Clothing

• Paper

• Food

.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

• Paper Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• A party held to celebrate the tea act

• When colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Tax.

• Boston’s response to the Intolerable Acts

• When riders rode on horseback to deliver tea to the people of Boston

What was the Boston Massacre?

• An event that occurred when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of colonists killing 5 of them.

• It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

• It was when the colonists threw British tea into the Boston Harbor

Why did England start placing taxes on the colonies?

• To pay the cost for new buildings

• To show colonists who is in charge

• To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War