All of the following were colonial reactions to the Stamp Act EXCEPT...

Which phrase best represents the colonists main complaint against the British taxation?

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Where was the French and Indian War fought?

5. Who fought in the French and Indian War? Click all that are true

Why was the French and Indian War fought?

Prevented colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains. Made colonists live where it was easier for the British to control them (and collect taxes). 10,000 soldiers sent by the King to the colonies to make sure people followed this law.

Lowered the tax on molasses, but put a three-cent tax on imported sugar. Britain hoped this would stop colonists from smuggling goods.

Taxed all printed materials in the colonies. Newspapers, wills, playing cards all needed a “stamp” to show the tax had been paid. In March 1766, Parliament repealed, or cancelled this law.

Prevented colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains. Made colonists live where it was easier for the British to control them (and collect taxes). 10,000 soldiers sent by the King to the colonies to make sure people followed this law.

Lowered the tax on molasses, but put a three-cent tax on imported sugar. Britain hoped this would stop colonists from smuggling goods.

Taxed all printed materials in the colonies. Newspapers, wills, playing cards all needed a “stamp” to show the tax had been paid. In March 1766, Parliament repealed, or cancelled this law.

Parliament passed this law to tax imported goods such as glass, tea and paper. The tax was paid when the goods arrived, before they were brought inside the colonies. Protests & boycotts by colonists against these taxes began immediately.

A fight breaks out between soldiers and citizens. Five people are killed. This event is used by colonial leaders as propaganda against the British. Colonists boycott British goods & Parliament repeals all taxes, except on tea

British Parliament passes this law to save the British East India Company from financial ruin. This law removed some, but not all, taxes on tea. The Boston Tea Party is an act of civil disobedience (protest) against this law.

Sons of Liberty, dressed as Native Americans boarded three British tea ships and dump 342 boxes of tea into Boston Harbor. King George III passes the Coercive Acts in response to this.

Laws passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. Forced Colonists to quarter British soldiers in their homes, banned all town meetings in New England & closed Boston Harbor.

This was a war between the British & the French over land and trade. The British won, but it was expensive & caused the British to tax the colonists to pay for the debt.

a law

to cancel

the lawmaking branch of the British Government

bringing or taking goods in secret

information or ideas intentionally spread to harm or help a cause

refuse to buy

This act lowered the tax on molasses in order to stop colonial smuggling.

This act allowed England to make all decisions for the colonists and tax anything they wanted.

This law restricted colonists from moving past the Appalachian Mountains.

This act allowed British soldiers to live in colonial homes.

This law placed a tax on all printed material in the colonies including wills, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.

This act gave an unfair advantage to a the British East India Company by allowing the British company to not pay tax on tea.

These acts placed a tax only on imported goods like paper, glass, tea, and lead.

These very harsh acts were designed after the Boston Tea Party and included closing Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea.

This act gave back land to France that the English/colonists won during the French and Indian War.

What was the COLONIAL name for the acts that closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, and other harsh penalties?

The First Continental Congress issued a statement of grievance calling for the repeal of 13 acts of Parliament.

The delegates at the First Continental Congress voted to ______ British trade.

The delegates agreed that Coercive Acts were illegal and called on colonists to arm themselves and ___________ against the British

What are grievances?

What are delegates?

Why was the First Continental Congress called to meet?

How did the British respond to the demands of the colonists?

Which of the following was punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

What did Common Sense convince the colonists to demand from the "Mother Country" (Britain)?

Who was Thomas Paine writing to in Common Sense?

The ______________ was the final attempt by the Continental Congress to avoid war with Great Britain.

Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?

According to the Declaration of Independence who institutes or creates governments?

What event does this drawing show?

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

Who was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre