American Revolution

Great Britain taxed the colonists after the

• Great War

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

Colonists opposed taxes because

• Taxes were not high enough

• Colonists wanted the Native Americans to pay the taxes

• Colonists had no representation in parliament

• British people had no representation in parliament

British tax on newspapers, books, and playing cards was called the

• Proclamation of 1763

• Mayflower compact

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• It restricted the Westward movement of the colonists

• It gave colonists representation in parliament

• It imposed new taxes on the colonists

• It appointed new colonial governors

What was the slogan that explained why colonists were upset about British taxes?

• Give me liberty or give me death

• Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• No taxation without representation

• Liberty, liberty, liberty

How did many colonists feel about British taxes?

• They loved the taxes

• They did not care about the taxes

• They wanted to pay more taxes

• They were angry about the taxes

Identify the three inalienable rights list in the declaration of independence. (select ALL three)

• Life

• Laughter

• Pursuit of happiness

• liberty

• Longevity

Match the following

• General Cornwallis gave up

• Surrender at Yorktown

• Led to French Help

• Signing of the Treaty of Paris

• Great Britain agrees to give freedom

• Battle of Saratoga

Match the following

• Helped write the DoI

• Paul Revere

• French Noblemen

• The Marquis de Lafayette

• Warned colonists the British were coming

• James Armistead Lafayette

• Enslaved African American who wrote play

• Benjamin Franklin

• Enslaved African American who was a spy

• Phillis Wheatley

Match the following

• Approval of the DoI

• 
• Boston Tea Party

• 
• Boston Massacre

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