Search
  • Search
  • My Storyboards

school

Create a Storyboard
Copy this Storyboard
school
Storyboard That

Create your own Storyboard

Try it for Free!

Create your own Storyboard

Try it for Free!

Storyboard Text

  • the Sugar act Tax placed on all sugar and molasses participants in a town meeting cried out against taxation without proper representation in Parliament and suggested some form of united protest throughout the colonies. The stamp act A tax placed on all printed goods such as legal documents, pamphlets, and playing cards British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War Adverse colonial reaction to the Stamp Act ranged from boycotts of British goods to riots and attacks on the tax collectors. Quartering Law that required colonists to house soldiers in barns and barracks they were being taxed to pay for provisions and barracks for the army – a standing army that they thought was unnecessary during peacetime and an army that they feared. The stamp act congress No taxation without representation!" was the cry. The colonists were not merely griping about the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. They intended to place the actions behind their words. One thing was clear — no colony acting alone could effectively convey a message to the king and Parliament.9 of the 13 colonies sent delegates to petition the King with grievances and request a repeal of the Stamp Act
  • The Townshend Revenue Act Tax placed on household goods such as tea, sugar, glass, and paint raised by the duties to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges, ensuring the loyalty of America's governmental officials to the British Crown. However, these policies prompted colonists to take action by boycotting British goods. the Boston massacre British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing Crispus Attucks and 4 others The Boston Massacre had a major impact on relations between Britain and the American colonists. It further incensed colonists already weary of British rule and unfair taxation and roused them to fight for independence. tea act Not intended to raise revenue to pay for taxes but to make money for the East India Tea Company The colonists had never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it
  • the Boston Tae party Colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded ships and dumped 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor. Colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded ships and dumped 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor. Colonists objected to the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their rights as Englishmen to "no taxation without representation. the intolerable punishment for the Boston Tea Party the show of unity, convening the First Continental Congress to discuss and negotiate a unified approach to the British.First Continental Congress12 out of 13 colonies sent delegates to meet and discuss how to deal with British tax issues The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes.
Over 30 Million Storyboards Created