American History - Rebellion Begins

What event caused the relationship between Britain and the American colonies to change in the late 1760s?

Sent to King George III as a last plea for peace; king denies petition

Placed a tax on sugar, rum, and molasses

Allowed British officials to search colonial homes and ships without a warrant

Author of the Patriot pamphlet Common Sense, convincing Americans to become Patriots

Battle lost by the colonists after 3 British assaults because the colonists ran out of ammo

The laws that restricted colonial trade to trading ONLY with the British using British boats were called the

Forced colonists to use special stamped paper for all legal documents

Warned the colonists that "the British [were] coming!"

Chosen as the commander of the Continental Army

Colonists destroy 18,000 pounds of British tea in protest of the Townshend and Tea Acts

Who is the last king America will have?

How many people were killed in the Boston "Massacre"?

British law that blocked colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains

To pay for their war debts, the British passed duties on the colonies. What is a "duty"?

Placed a tax on imported goods (paper, paint, glass, and tea)

Site of the "Shot Heard 'Round the World"

British soldiers open fire on colonial protesters; all soldiers found not guilty

Colonists were angry about these duties, seeing them as

As a result of the Boston Tea Party, closed Boston Harbor, suspended basic colonial rights

Said that Parliament could pass laws for the colonists and colonists would have to follow them

The British policy of loose supervision of the colonies, leading to self government and independence, was known as...

Forced the colonists to house, feed, and keep British soldiers

What did the king and Parliament do with the Stamp Act?

Boston-based rebels led by Sam and John Adams, tarred and feathered tax collectors