📚 Part 1: Understanding the Causes

1. What does "taxation without representation" mean?

Colonists paid taxes but had no voice in British Parliament

Colonists refused to pay any taxes to Britain

Britain gave colonists too much representation

Colonists wanted to raise their own taxes

2. Which acts angered the colonists? (Check all that apply)

Stamp Act

Tea Act

Sugar Act

Freedom Act

3. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against:

High prices on tea

Poor quality tea from Britain

Taxes on tea and lack of colonial representation

A ban on drinking tea in the colonies

4. What happened at the Boston Massacre in 1770?

Colonists attacked a British fort

British soldiers fired on colonists, killing five people

A ship full of tea was destroyed

The Declaration of Independence was signed

✏️ Part 2: Timeline and Key Events

5. Put these events in chronological order by writing 1, 2, 3, 4 in the boxes:

Boston Tea Party (1773)

Stamp Act passed (1765)

Boston Massacre (1770)

Declaration of Independence signed (1776)

6. Fill in the blanks:

The _____________ Act required colonists to pay a tax on paper documents like newspapers and legal papers.

Colonists protested by _____________ British goods, refusing to buy them.

The first battles of the American Revolution took place at _____________ and Concord in 1775.

7. Explain why the colonists believed British taxation was unfair. Use at least two specific examples.

8. If you were a colonist in 1775, would you support the revolution or remain loyal to Britain? Explain your reasoning with evidence.