Causes of the American Revolution

representatives from all colonies but Georgia voted on actions against Britain

These laws were meant to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

Anti-British group that used various means of protest 

Why did Parliament decide to tax the colonists?

The American Revolution began at the Battle of 

Not a factor leading to the American Revolution

Supported the boycott by making tea from herbs and berries and weaving cloth

First African American to be killed during the Revolution.  Killed during the Boston Massacre

These laws required a tarrif,or tax, to be paid on imported goods.

Refusing to buy goods is called a 

Britain decided to do away with the Stamp Act after colonists refused to pay it .  

What was the Stamp Act?

What is a tax?

Who drew this popular political cartoon?

1770-5 innocent lives lost-in the streets of Boston

British law making assembly

Colonists who didn't agree with the taxation from King George III were called

The British called the act designed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party the

"I know not what course others may take;but as for me;give me liberty or give me death!"

The "shot heard round the world" meant