Social Studies 5.3

Explain why colonial merchants resented the Tea Act

Britain was in debt after the French and Indian War. The Sugar Act was a way to raise money while the Quartering Act was a way to save it.

The Patriots who held the Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as

Native Americans

What were five events (In order) that marked the start of the American Revolution.

the governor of Massachusetts sent troops to seize the colonists' weapons stored at Concord, Massachusetts, and capture important colonial leaders. Paul Revere and William Dawes rode all night to warn the minutemen that the British were on the march. The British soldiers and the minutemen had their first confrontation in the town of Lexington, Massachusetts. A shot now known as "the shot heard round the world" was fired, setting off gunfire between the soldiers and the minutemen. In nearby Concord, another battle was taking place. The American Revolution had begun.

An embargo is an order to close a seaport to block import and export trade. What smaller word within embargo means "to block"?

to bar

This is a citizen soldier who was ready to fight on short notice

MinuteMen

This is a total control of a market for a certain product.

Monopoly

The ____cut the powers of Massachusetts town meetings.

Intolerable Acts

The "shot heard round the world" was fired in

Lexington

Name the location of the "shot heard round the world."

Lexington, Massachusetts

What is the official end of a law called?

Repeal

The __ was intended to help the British East India Company.

Tea Act

What prompted the British to pass the Intolerable Acts?

The Boston Tea Party prompted the British to pass the Intolerable Acts.

What did the First Continental Congress accomplish?

The Congress demanded that Parliament repeal the Intolerable Acts. It also declared that the colonists had a right to tax and govern themselves. The congress made it a priority to begin training militias, and the delegates delegates called for a new boycott against British goods.

List the provisions of the Intolerable Acts.

The Laws closed the port of Boston, increased the powers of the royal governor, decreased the power of colonial self government, and strengthened the Quartering Act.

The British East India Company's monopoly on tea especially harmed colonial

merchants