Parents: This week we will take Posttest 2. The entire test will be on the American Revolution. Every student has a study guide to use. This is the first set of notes.
Students: Map Game What we use in class is States 1 Beginner.
Notes for Posttest 2:
When the French and Indian War was over, the Parliament passed laws to tax the colonists because Great Britain needed the colonists to help pay for the war.
What event led to the revolutionary movement in America? The Stamp Act
Why did the Stamp and Tea Acts anger the colonists? The tax money was going to the British government.
The Boston Tea Party occurred because Parliament wanted to give the East India Company a monopoly on tea.
The group formed in the colonies who wanted independence were called the Sons of Liberty.
The colonists had a boycott on British goods. A boycott is a refusal to buy goods.
The colonists refused to pay taxes until they had representation in Parliament. What did the colonists call this? "No taxation without representation"
Since many colonists disagreed about being taxed without having representatives, they refused to buy British goods.
What were the key issues of the American Revolution?
-taxation by the British
-lack of representation
-Intolerable Acts
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