Topic 3 American Revolution: Weeks 1-2 Review

This war was fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio River Valley. One of three main causes of the American Revolution.

What was the motto colonists believed that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government?

This was a law forbidding English colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains as this land was promised to the Native Americans after the French and Indian War.

This was a law passed by Parliament that taxed printed or paper goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

This was a law passed by Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies.

This was a law passed by Parliament that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists without their consent.

A law passed by Parliament allowing ONLY the British East India Company to import and sell its tea in the colonies.

A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British and its refusal to pay for the tea dumped in the harbor during the Boston Tea Party.

This is often considered the first bloodshed of the American Revolution when British guards at the Boston Customs House fired into an angry crowd killing 5 people.

This was a protest against British taxes in which members of the Sons of Liberty dumped over a $1 million of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor.

This was a group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies - first against the Stamp Act - but later they focused on spreading the idea of independence from England through both violent and nonviolent methods.

He was a leader of the American Revolution famous for giving his "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech to the Virginia Congress in which he declares his support for war with England.

An event where delegates from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss the British taxes and laws being imposed. All colonies decided to boycott British goods and to stop exporting goods to Britain in protest.They also issued a letter to the King addressing their concerns.

A form of protest where colonists abstained or refused to buy something.

The act of illegally importing or exporting goods.