The Spirit of Independence

Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• Townshend Acts

This was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Act

This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Tea Act

How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?

• Dressed up like Native Americans
• Boston Massacre
• Dumped tea into Boston harbor
• Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts
• Sugar Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Stamp Acts

This type of colonist was ready for rebellion and the fight for independence.

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutral
• British 

Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation line of 1763

• Proclamation boundary

• Manifest Destiny

• Borderlands

What does quartering mean?

• To allow troops to stay in your home

• Hitting someone with a quarter

• To give someone a quarter

• Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain

Why did King George III tax the colonists so heavily?

• He hated the colonist
• He wanted more money for himself
• The national debt increase from the French and Indian War
• To make money for the colonies

What 2 countries were fighting in the French and Indian War?

• America and France
• France and Britain
• Britain and Germany
• France and Spain