American Revolution Vocabulary

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

• British

• colonists

• Spain

What was the famous quote of the colonists when protesting the British?

• No taxation without representation

• No representation without taxation

• No taxation on tea without cream and sugar

• No taxation without illumination

a type of tax that is placed on an import in an effort to regulate trade

• Coercion

• Duty (tax)

• Mercantilism

• Direct Tax

The Revenue Act of 1764 placed a luxury tax or duty on import items such as this, it is also known as the ____________Act.

• Molasses

• Tea

• Sugar

• Quartering

Allegations or statements spread deliberately to further a cause or damage an opposing cause

• Propaganda

• Bias

• slogan

• Name-calling

What is the Continental Congress?

• an act of Parliament in 1765 which levied a direct tax almost all paper items in the colonies including legal documents, pamphlets and playing cards

• allegations or statements spread deliberately to further a cause or damage an opposing cause

• the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats

• The organized Committees of Correspondence from all the colonies.

An economic concept where it was believed that colonies existed to contribute to the wealth and power of the mother country

• Coercion

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

"No taxation without representation" means?

• Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
• The representative can tax me
• Seize weapons right away
• None of the above

an organization of men who resisted laws and taxes placed on the English colonies by the King of England and Parliament

• Sons of Liberty

• Patriots

• Daughters of Liberty

• Loyalists

An act of Parliament in 1765 which levied a direct tax on almost all paper items in the colonies including legal documents, pamphlets and playing cards

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act