WorksheetsAmerican Revolution Intro
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 7mins
After the French and Indian War, how did Parliament decide to raise the money they needed to pay for the war and additional soldiers in the colonies?
Grew new crops to sell to the colonies
They asked their allies (nations who supported them) to help them pay for it
They imposed taxes on the colonies, which Parliament had never done before
They asked the Royal Governors in each colony to raise more taxes
Why were the taxes imposed by Parliament so angering to the colonists?
Colonists believed that all taxes were bad
Most colonists could not afford the taxes
The colonists did not like King George III and didn't want to listen to him
Colonists had no representation in Parliament so no one was there to stand up for them and express their approval or disapproval of the taxes
What were the 4 different acts or taxes that were imposed on the colonists between 1764 and 1767?
Townshend Acts of 1767 (tax on tea, lead, paper, glass, and paint)
The Fur Act of 1765 (tax on furs traded with American Indians)
Sugar Act of 1764 (tax on raw sugar and molasses)
Quartering Act of 1765 (colonists must provide food and shelter to British soldiers)
Stamp Act of 1765 (newspapers, almanacs, magazines, pamphlets, and playing cards must have a stamp certifying that the tax had been payed)
This Virginia Lawyer went on to become the governor of Virginia and spoke out strongly against British "acts of aggression" by saying, "...give me liberty or give me death!"
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Colonists who were loyal to Great Britain were known as _______________.
Patriots
Revolutionaries
Loyalists
Traitors
Colonists who believed in the rights of the colonists to govern themselves as a free nation were called ____________.
Patriots
Revolutionaries
Loyalists
Americans
