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History test 6
Question | Answer |
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first Continental Congress | Americas government during the Revolutionary War. |
Boston Tea Party | colonists protested British policies by boarding their cargoes of Tea overboard. |
Sugar Act | Placed a tax on sugar,molasses,and other products shipped to the colonies. |
Declaration of Independence | document that declaired American independence from Britain. |
Proclamation of 1763 | law that forbade colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
Quartering Act | law requiring colonist to house british soldiers and provide them with supplies. |
Stamp Act Congress | meeting of delegates from 9 colonies met in NY to protest the stamp act |
Boston Massacre | incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American Colonists |
Townshend Acts | acts passed by parliament in 1767 to tax imports in the colonies( glass ,paper,paint,lead,tea |
Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convinced many Americans that it was time to fight for independence. |
Declaratory Act | stated that parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies. |
Tea Act | 1773 act that gave a monopoly on tea sales to the east India Company |
second continental Congress | A convention od delegates from twelve colonies that met on sep.5,1774 at carpenters hall |
Stamp Act | law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax was paid. |
1763 | Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
October 19,1765 | stamp act congress |
November 1,1765 | stamp act became official |
March 1766 | Declatory Act |
1767 | Townshend Acts |
March 5,1770 | Boston Massacre |
May 5,1773 | Tea Act |
December 1773 | Boston Tea Party |
September 1774 | First continental Congress |
May 10,1775 | second continental Congress |
January 1776 | common sense was published |
July 2-4,1776 | Declaration of Independence |