Road to Revolution Review Flashcards
France and Great Britain fought against each other in the
French and Indian War
After the French and Indian war, the British went
deeply into debt
To give American Indians their own land and stop the attacks on colonists Great Britain enacted the
Proclamation of 1763
The ____________________ mountains are the landform that serve as the dividing line by the Proclamation of 1763.
Appalachian
The British ________________ passes acts (laws).
parliament
One reason the colonists were against the Stamp Act was because they had no ______________ in making the _______________.
One reason the colonists were against the Stamp Act was because they had no SAY in making the LAW.
The colonists did not like the Stamp Act, so they ____________________ until it was __________________________.
The colonists did not like the Stamp Act, so they PROTESTED until it was REPEALED.
The Quartering Act made colonists provide British soldiers with
food, transportation, and housing
The ____________________________________ taxed several goods that the colonies brought into their colony to sell.
The TOWNSHEND ACTS taxed several goods that the colonies brought into their colony to sell.
The Townshend Act put a tax on
tea, glass, and paper
One way the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts was that they stopped
buying British imported goods
After many colonists grew angry about the Stamp Act, Parliament chose to repeal, or
undo the law
The event where panicking British Soldiers shot and killed colonists in an unplanned burst of violence in Boston is called the
Boston Massacre
Acts that fed the anger and led to the Boston Massacre include:
- The Quartering Act
- The Stamp Act
- The Townshend Acts
Paul Revere created the __________________________________________ that was used as propaganda to sway the colonists against England.
etching of the Boston Massacre