Causes of the Revolution: Unit 5/ 5th Grd

What caused the colonists to protest against the Stamp Act?

• burning of stamps

• paying taxes

• collecting stamps

• Writing to Parliament

What does petition mean? Some colonists wrote and signed petitions that asked Parliament to change the laws.

• tell an answer

• pay a tax

• other colonists

• ask for a change

What happened after the STAMP ACT Congress?

• Colonists could buy more stamps.

• Parliament passed the Stamp Act.

• Colonists could boycott stamps.

• Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.

What did the Townsend Acts do?

• taxed molasses and sugar

• taxed furniture

• taxed glass, paint, and tea

• taxed newpapers

What were the Intolerable Acts?

• Stamps Acts

• Tea Acts

• Coercive Acts

• Townshend Acts

What happened first?

• Commitees of Correspondence

• Albany Congress

• First Continental

  Congress

• Second Continental Congress

What organization was formed to help colonists be aware of news in other colonies?

• Committees of Correspondence

• Albany Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

What organization decided to form a military (Army), but send a last chance (Olive Branch petiton) to the King?

• First Continental Congress

• Second Contiental Congress

• Albany Congress

• Commitees of Correspondence

The First Continental Congress was in Philidelphia. Why?

• The Militia was there

• The delegates lived there

• It was a good central location

• It was close to Boston

The colonists wanted Independence from England. The Declaration gave them a reason to fight and what else did it do?

• Established the Third Continental Congress

• Described how a new government should be set up

• Named the commander of the Continental Army as George Washington

• Explained why colonists should have freedom