Events

Question 1

Sugar Act

Answer 1

Tax on sugar, coffee and cloth. Meant to repay war debt.

Question 1

French and Indian War/Proclamation of 1763

Answer 1

Colonists and British fought the French and Indians over land in North America (Ohio River Valley). Proclamation of 1763 said they could not move west.

Question 2

Stamp Act

Answer 2

Tax on legal documents and other paper products (newspapers).

Question 3

Boston Massacre

Answer 3

Colonists harassing/insulting British Soldiers. Shots were fired and 5 colonists died.

Question 4

Boston Tea Party

Answer 4

Tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor because the East India Company had a monopoly on tea sales.

Question 5

Intolerable Acts

Answer 5

3 new rules meant to punish colonists for the tea party:
1. Closed Boston Harbor
2. No Legislative meeting
3. Strictly enforced quartering act

Question 6

Paul Reserve’s Ride

Answer 6

Paul Revere rode through town to warn colonists the Redcoats were coming to search for weapons.

Question 7

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Answer 7

Minutemen turned out in masses to stop the Redcoats. “Shot heard round the world.”