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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a formal meeting of representatives | congress |
| to refuse to buy | boycott |
| a tax on paper items such as legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards | Stamp Act |
| a tax on sugar and molasses | Sugar Act |
| to take back | repeal |
| a group of Patriots who protested against Parliament and tax collectors | Sons of Liberty |
| a tax on British imports such as glass, paint, tea, and paper | Townshend Acts |
| a public announcement | proclamation |
| the lawmaking branch of the British government | Parliament |
| a formal agreement between groups or individuals | alliance |
| The peace treaty signed at the end of the French and Indian War that gave much of France's land to Britain. | Treaty of Paris |
| George Washington was sent with 150 soldiers to ask the French to leave what region that the British claimed was theirs? | Ohio Valley |
| What was the name of the fort that George Washington and his men needed to build when attacked by the French in the Ohio Valley? | Fort Necessity |
| Who organized the Committee of Correspondence which was formed to get information to all colonies quickly? | Samuel Adams |
| On the night of March 5, 1770, five colonists were killed by British soldiers when an angry mob provoked the soldiers. What was this event called? | Boston Massacre |
| How many soldiers did King George III send to the colonies after the Townshend Act? | 9,000 |
| The Proclamation of 1763 stated that all the land between what two landmarks was reserved for Native Americans? | the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River |