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: they got them from people such as John Locke

Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it: added more taxes and that just made the colonies boycott

Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes: when the colonies started to revolt the British solders attacked and killed many.

Describe British response to the Boston Massacre: In response to these tensions, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson ordered that the British soldiers be withdrawn to Castle Island

Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it: the colonist got on board of a ship And dumped all the tea into the harbor, Briton closed down to harbor.

Describe the First Continental Congress and what policies came out of it: The first national American government was the Continental Congress. Colonial leaders came together in this Congress to oppose British policies that restricted their rights and taxed them without representation in Parliament.