The Causes of Am Rev Part 2 Review

The Causes of Am Rev Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe where the protest over new taxes got many of their ideas: the colonist responded to new taxes with protest, boycotts, and street violence especially in mass.

Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it: colonist would not accept direct taxes so the parliament backed off thought would accept indirect takes so pass Townshend Acts. The colonist responded they would not pay any tax to parliament without rep and resented.
Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes: March 1770, colonist hurl snowballs & rock at British troops guarding in Boston Guards fired into crowd killing 5.

Describe British response to the Boston Massacre: most respond by drinking smuggled Dutch tea even though British tea was cheaper.

Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it: colonist enraged by new laws which called the intolerable acts and in Mass. and they responded with violence.

Describe the First Continental Congress and what policies came out of it: others agreed with Mass. & sent reps to Philly in 1774 for First Continental Congress.