Road to Revolution Flash Cards Review

The Townshend Acts (1767)

• People in the American colonies had to use a stamp on all sorts of paper documents and pay the British for them.

• Colonists had to let British soldiers stay in their homes.

• Allowed the British to tax imports like glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. It also let them search homes and businesses for smuggled goods.

The Stamp Act (1765)

• People in the American colonies had to use a stamp on all sorts of paper documents and pay the British for them.

• Colonists had to let British soldiers stay in their homes.

• Allowed the British to tax imports like glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. It also let them search homes and businesses for smuggled goods.

The Quartering Act (1765)

• People in the American colonies had to use a stamp on all sorts of paper documents and pay the British for them.

• Colonists had to let British soldiers stay in their homes.

• Allowed the British to tax imports like glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. It also let them search homes and businesses for smuggled goods.

The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts (1774)

• People in the American colonies had to use a stamp on all sorts of paper documents and pay the British for them.

• Colonists had to let British soldiers stay in their homes.

• Called for a naval blockade of Boston harbor until the tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for. No ships were allowed in or out

Met to decide what to do about the Stamp Act

• The Boston Tea Party (1773)

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Boston Massacre (1770)

A group of men disguised as American Indians boarded three tea ships docked in Boston harbor. They broke open the tea chests and threw them overboard.

• The Boston Massacre (1770)

• The First Continental Congress

• The Boston Tea Party (1773)

The First Continental Congress

• Group of colonists who met in response to the Coercive AKA Intolerable Acts

• Group that decided colonists had to let British soldiers stay in their homes

• Group of colonists who met to talk about how much they loved King George III.

The Tea Act (1773)

• Said that colonists had to buy all their tea from England.

• Colonists had to let British soldiers stay in their homes.

• A tax on sugar, molasses, and other stuff the colonies imported.

The Sugar Act (1764)

• Said that colonists had to buy all their tea from England.

• Colonists had to let British soldiers stay in their homes.

• A tax on sugar, molasses, and other stuff the colonies imported.

April 19, 1775

• Fighting broke out between British and Colonial soldiers in Lexington, Massachusetts

• British troops opened fire on rioting colonists. Five of the colonists were killed.

• Boycott means you stop buying something