Vocabulary for Causes of Revolutionary War

Representative from each colony met to discuss issues

• French and Indian War

• Quartering Act

• First Continental Congress

Taxes placed on printed materials in the colonies

• stamp act

• tea act

• townshend acts

Taxes on imported goods.

• tea act

• townshend acts

• stamp act

Colonists surrounded British Soliders and they killed 5 civilians.

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Proclamation of 1763

Colonists were angry and would often refuse to pay the taxes. They would hang tax dummies. They didn’t believe they should be taxed if they didn’t have a say.

• No Taxation without Representation

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts

Wrote the political cartoon Join or die to urge colonists to unite during the French and Indian War

• Thomas Gage

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

British forbid colonists to settle west of Appalachian Mountains

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

He was known for criticizing King George III for enforcing the Stamp Act and taking a stance opposing taxes. He supported the boycott of British goods. He wrote the speech, “Give me Liberty or give me death!”

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• King George III

• Patrick Henry

British wouldn’t let anyone else import tea to colonies

• Intolerable Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

Colonists were forced to house and feed British soldiers

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act