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Chapter 10 Review
Social Studies chapter 10 test review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Samuel Adams | Leader of The Sons of Liberty |
| Quartering Act | Required colonists to offer housing and food for British soldiers |
| Sons of Liberty | Most likely planned the Boston Tea Party |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws that controlled the actions of the colonists (also called the Coercive Acts) |
| French and Indian War | Britain wanted more land and won the war. Britain ended up with lots of land and huge debts. |
| Repeal | Overturn a law |
| Boston Massacre | Soldiers and colonists fighting against each other with rocks, snowballs, and guns |
| King George III | Leader of Great Britain |
| Boston Tea Party | Protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor. |
| Stamp Act | Tax on paper, books, legal documents, and newspapers |
| Explain the Stamp Act and the colonists reactions to the law: | The Stamp Act was a law passed by Britain taxing paper, books, legal documents, and newspapers. The colonists were very upset about the tax. |
| What items were the colonists taxed on? | Glass Lead Paint Paper Tea |
| List the events in order leading up to the American Revolution: | French and Indian War Proclamation of 1763 Quartering Act Stamp Act Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts |
| Explain what "taxation without representation" means: | Taxation without representation means that colonists were being taxed by Britain, but they were not allowed to have representatives in the British government. The colonists did not have a voice in decisions that were affecting them. |
| Explain what the Proclamation of 1763 did and how the colonists reacted: | The Proclamation of 1763 was created by the British government to protect the colonists from the Native Americans. A law was passed that the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists were very upset by this new law. |