Key People and Events leading to the American Revolution

The two reasons the Colonists were upset about taxes are

• They did not think it was fair.

• taxation without representation

• They were tired of taxes.

• the amount

Stamp Act

• Taxes imposed on colonist from the British on tea to help pay for the debt.

• Taxes imposed on colonist from the British on sugar to help pay for the debt.

• Taxes imposed on colonist from the British on anything published to help pay for the debt.

• Taxes on that new PS5

An act of protest that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773; A group of colonists dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor

• French and Indian War

• Boston tea party

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

A colonists who wanted to become independent from Great Britain

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Sons of Liberty

• Democrat

A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, in order to avoid conflict with the Native Americans.

• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Proclamation of 1763
• Intolerable Proclamation

What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

• To allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains
• To punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party
• To punish the Georgia colony for the Sugar Act
• To prevent the smuggling of molasses 

What does the word "boycott" mean?

• refusing to buy a good 
• to get rid of something

Who was the lawyer who defended the British (Redcoats) after the Boston Massacre AND was a patriot?

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

• Lord Cornwallis

• George Washington

I am a patriot who took a daring ride to warn the Colonists that the British were coming...

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Crispus Attucks

I was a former slave who was the first African American to publish a book of poems. I supported American independence.

• James Armistead Lafayette

• Abigail Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Phillis Wheatley