Causes of the American Revolution 2021

This affected most colonists. It required them to pay a tax when they bought paper items.

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Placed duties on imported glass, lead, paint, tea, and paper. Used to pay military salaries.

A military blockade of a city or fort.

These were colonists who considered it their duty to be true to the British Crown.

Colonists formed these secret societies and sometimes used violence to frighten tax collectors.

A popular method of protest, or refusal to buy certain goods.

This was organized to defend the colonies. George Washington was chosen as commander.

Those who chose to fight for independence.

Congress tried one final time to restore peace. This was a peace request and the king said NO.

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, which argued for breaking away from England.

This is one name the colonists called the British soldiers.

The Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and threw the contents of 3 British ships in the harbor.

A British sentry got in an argument with a civilian. A crowd gathered and this led to 5 deaths

A group in Philly decide how to respond to the crisis in Massachusetts & wrote Dec. of Resolves

This act basically declared the right of Parliament to tax the colonists whenever they wanted

This law set taxes on goods imported by colonies. First law passed to raise $ in colonies.

Suggested by Richard Henry Lee, the Continental Congress had a 5 person committee write this.

These were used to enforce the Townshend Acts; British customs agents used them to search

13 leaders of this group met to discuss what to do now that open hostilities broke out between the colonies and G.B.

To abolish or get rid of

As punishment for the Boston Tea Party Parliament passed these AKA Coercive Acts.

They met to help unite colonists against unfair taxation by sharing info with other colonies.

This was a moral victory for the colonists. It showed they could withstand a frontal assault.

They called themselves this because they were ready to fight in a moment's notice.

Parliament passed this law and merchants and smugglers opposed it.