American Revolution

Stamp Act

• made stamps illegal

• made Colonist stamps illegal

• placed a tax on all British stamps

• taxed tea and sugar

Quartering Act

• made quarters illegal

• made all colonists provide quarters (homes) to Redcoat soldiers

• taxed everything in the colonists by one quarter

• placed a tax on all British items

Navigation Act

• Made traveling to other colonies illegal

• Placed a tax on travelers

• Made navigation legal only to loyalists

• said all products must be bought from Britain

Sugar Act

• placed a tax on molasses

• when colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

• made sugar illegal

• when colonists protested the sugar tax

Townshend Act

• A protest that took place in Boston

• Made certain towns illegal to live in

• placed a tax on all products

• placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and other British goods

King George III

• First president of the United States

• Leader of Great Britain and the American colonies

• King of France

• Leader of the Continental Army

Why were the colonists angry about the new taxes after the French and Indian War?

• They were angry they lost land

• They were angry because they didn't have enough money

• They were angry at the French and the Indians.

• They were angry because nobody represented them in parliament.

What products would have been most likely affected by the Stamp Act?

• Food and beverages

• furniture

• land deeds, newspapers, marriage certificates

• tea

What else were the Sons of Liberty called?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Troublemakers

• Freedom Friends

What played the MOST important role in causing the American Revolution?

• The Civil War

• The Revolutionary War

• The French and Indian War

• World War 1