the road to the american revolution war

Question 1

the proclamation of 1763 ended the french and Indian war,why did this make colonists angry?

Answer 1

they couldn’t move farther west even though it was British land

Question 2

british parliament decided that the colonists should help pay for the french and indian war.
how did they want the colonists to help them

Answer 2

taxes

Question 3

name 3 taxes the british placed on the colonies

Answer 3

tea,stamp,tariffs on imported goods

Question 4

why did the colonists think taxess were unfair

Answer 4

they did not have representation in parliament they had been self-governing for years

Question 5

what was the slogan the colonists used at this time

Answer 5

no taxation without representation

Question 6

name 3 strategies colonists used to fight the taxes that parliment passed

Answer 6

boycotts protest dumping tea scaring away tax collecters

Question 7

what did the british do in the response of the protests

Answer 7

sent warships closed britsh harbor sent soldies passed tax acts.

Question 8

when was the boston massacre what led to the boston massacre name one person that was killed

Answer 8

1770-sailors got in an argument with a soldier when more soldiers arrived tension grew until someone shot there musket and crispus attucks was killed and 4 others

Question 9

parliament repealed all taxes except for one what tax did they keep

Answer 9

tea

Question 10

Parliament had two reasons for keeping this tax what were they

Answer 10

to help the struggling east india company and to make the colonists pay taxes

Question 11

what did a group of colonists do on the night of december 16,1773

Answer 11

they dumped tea in the harbor

Question 12

explain what the sons of liberty were

Answer 12

a group of men that led protests against taxes

Question 13

explain what the daughters of liberty were

Answer 13

a group of women that boycotted british goods by making there own cloth and tea

Question 13

explain the committee of correspondence

Answer 13

sam adams formed it to sprend news more quickly between the colonies

Question 14

explain the intolerable acts and how they affected the colonists

Answer 14

it put many people out of work when they closed the harbor they had to feed and house the soldiers thomas gage was put in charge of boston if forced people to take sides they decided to have a meeting of colonial leaders to decide the next steps.