U3B1The Road to War

Colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Minutemen

• Militia

Group responsible for organizing protests in the colony, including the Boston Tea Party

• Patriot Party

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Minutemen

Colonists who stayed loyal to and didn't want to separate from Great Britain

• Loyalists

• Patriot Party

• Kingsmen

• Militia

Money paid to the government by people and businesses are known as

• Taxes

• Treaties

• Blockades

• Payments

When people purposely are NOT buying goods (things) or using services (ex. getting a haircut) to make a point it is known as

• Boycott

• Blockade

• Taxes

• Sales

A measure passed in 1773 gave the East India Company the right to be the only tea merchant in the colonies.

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Boston Massacre

A conflict that resulted in the death of 5 colonists.

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

• Battles of Lexington & Concord

• Stamp Act

Events that officially started the Revolutionary War.

• Battles of Lexington & Concord

• Boston Massacre

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

A series of taxes on items such as paper, glass, paint, tea, and lead.

• Battles of Lexington & Concord

• Boston Massacre

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

A tax passed in the colonies on paper goods.

• Battles of Lexington & Concord

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Boston Massacre