Events Leading to the Revolutionary War (8th- SS)

What caused the events leading to the Revolutionary War?

• Colonists had no representation in Parliament

• The French and Indian War

• Colonial Assemblies were being suspended

What is the main reason why the events created problems?

• Colonists didn't want to house or supply British troops

• Britain was in debt and needed to raise money to keep the colonies functioning

• The Boston Tea Party

What was the main reason that summarizes why the colonists were upset with the government in the events that led to the Revolutionary War?

• Colonial merchants felt their trade was being restricted.

• They were upset about having to pay taxes.

• They had no representation in Parliament where the taxes were created.

Match the following

• Proclamation of 1763

• Colonists to provide shelter and supplies to British soldiers

• Sugar/Stamp/Tow-nshed/Tea Acts

• Taxes that were passed by Parliament with the intent to raise money for the government

• Quartering Act

• Tensions reached a boiling point when British soldiers fired

• Boston Massacre

• A law that banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Boston Tea Party

• This led to the British imposing the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonists in Boston

Match the following

• Intolerable Acts

• To coordinate communication between the colonies in response to British actions

• First Continental Congress

• Colonial troops physically prevented British Troops from arresting colonial leaders and capturing military supplies

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Laws passed to punish the colonists for destroying 342 chests of tea

• Committees of Correspondence

• Colonial representatives gathered and decided to boycott British goods and begin to train troops

How did the Stamp Act lead to the American Revolution?

• British Parliament put a tax on stamps without consulting the colonists. The colonists were angry because they felt that British Parliament was not giving the colonists a say in the decision.

• It led to the battle of Lexington and Concord

How did the Stamp Act lead to the American Revolution?

Reorder the following

• Colonists to provide shelter and supplies to British troops

• A law was passed that granted the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in the American colonies.

• Colonial representatives gathered and decided to boycott British goods and began to train their troops

• Laws were passed to punish the colonists for destroying 342 chests of tea

• A law banned colonial settlement east of the Appalachian Mts.