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:
Their ideas mostly came from John Locke which encouraged individual rights.

Describe what action the Stamp Act Congress took, and the British response to it:
The Stamp Act Congress decided to boycott the British goods and started the taxation without representation. The British passed the Townsend Act.

Describe the Boston Massacre and its causes:
The causes of the Boston Massacre was the high taxation rates on the colonists. The Boston Massacre was when the British killed five colonists. This made the colonist start drinking smuggled Dutch tea.

Describe British response to the Boston Massacre:
The Parliament backs down again removing most of Townsend Duties and soldiers, but they keep tax on tea to preserve principal of Parliament supremacy.


Describe the Boston Tea Party and the British response to it:
In 1773 colonist took matters into their own hands dressing as Indians and dumping British tea into the Boston Harbor.

Bell ringer…
Only the colonial assemblies had the right to tax colonies. The Virginia House Of Burgesses