American Revolution Key Terms

To refuse to buy a product, use a service, or support a company

• boycott

• rebel

• repeal

• commodity

to do away with or cancel an act or law

• boycott

• repeal

• petition

• preamble

Match the following acts with what they did

• Punishment for Boston Tea Party

• Townshend Act

• Tax on tea, glass, lead, paper, paint

• Stamp Act

• Force colonists to house soldiers

• Coercive "Intolerable" Acts

• Tax on paper and printed items

• Quartering Act

Why did King George and Parliament need to raise taxes such as the Stamp Act?

• They wanted the colonists to become angry

• They needed to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War

• They needed to make England richer

• all of the answers

The Quartering Act was:

• A tax on stamps

• The British forced the colonists to house their soldiers without their permission

• a ban on quarters

• A way to avoid war with the French

The Stamp Act:

• A tax on soldiers

• The closing of the Boston Harbor

• The ban on the postal service

• Forced the colonists to buy special tax stamps for official documents

The Boston Tea Party was:

• A fight that broke out in Boston in which five individuals were killed

• Where the British and colonists sat down to discuss issues with the taxes

• The French and Indian War’s first battle

• An event where the Sons of Liberty dressed as Natives and dumped Tea into the Boston Harbor

Placed a tax on tea, lead, glass, and paint.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

What was the First Continental Congress?

• the laws passed against colonists

• the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies

• the lawmakers of the British government

• the treaty between different colonies

What was the Boston Massacre?

• It was when British soldiers marched to "seize and destroy" the Patriot's military supplies.

• It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

• It was when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists.

• It was when Patriots drank tea near Boston Harbor.