Who were the participants in the American Revolution?

• History
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Who were the participants in the American Revolution?

What things can cause a revolution? (make people angry)

How might the Americans feel about paying taxes to the British?

What was the main reason for the Boston Tea Party?

1. High tea prices
2. British tea quality
3. Lack of tea variety
4. Taxation without representation

The Boston Tea Party protested which act?

1. Townshend Acts
2. Intolerable Acts
3. Tea Act
4. Stamp Act

What was dumped into Boston Harbor?

1. Sugar
2. Coffee
3. Tea
4. Rum

In retaliation to the Boston Tea Party, the British closed Boston port. What was the impact of this?

Which act taxed paper goods?

1. Stamp Act
2. Quartering Act
3. Sugar Act
4. Tea Act

What was a cause of the American Revolution?

1. Taxation without representation
2. Colonial expansion
3. End of slavery
4. Religious freedom

What was the first colony called?

1. Roanoke
2. Savannah
3. Jamestown
4. Plymouth

How many colonies did Britain have in America?

1. 13
2. 20
3. 10
4. 15

TRUE

FALSE

Europeans moved to North America looking for religious freedom

A Protestant follows the Pope

Tax is money paid by the people to the government

By 1770, more than 2 million people lived and worked in Great Britain's 13 North American colonies

The colonists did not use violence against the Native Americans

Pocahontas died and her body was returned to her tribe.

Write a definition for a patriot

Why were people patriots?

1. They weren't being treated fairly by the British.
2. They weren't being treated fairly by the French.
3. Better off if the colonies remained under British rule.
4. Better off if the colonies remained under French rule.

Write a definition for a loyalist

Why were people loyalists?

1. They weren't being treated fairly by the British.
2. They weren't being treated fairly by the French.
3. Better off if the colonies remained under British rule.
4. Better off if the colonies remained under French rule.

How did life change for the loyalists during the war?

Many of them lost their homes and businesses.

Many loyalists left the country and went back to Britain.

Nothing happened to them they were treated well.

Many of them became Patriots

They won so they gained the winnings.

Would you characterise Samuel Seabury as a Loyalist or a Patriot?

Loyalist

Patriot

Would you characterise Samuel Seabury as a Loyalist or a Patriot and why?

What symbolism does Seabury use in his statement?

1. Jaws of a Tiger
2. Jaws of a lion
3. Jaws of a Wolf
4. Jaws of a Bear

What message is Seabury trying to convey?

Why were people loyal to Britain?

Why did the American colonist revolt against the British?