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S.S. Test Prep
Question | Answer |
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When did the stamp act occur? | 1765 |
Who passed the stamp act? | The Parliament, or British government |
What did the stamp act tax? | All paper goods: newspapers, calendars, playing cards, envelopes, and legal documents such as birth, death, and marriage certificates |
What did the colonists do to protest? | Boycotted British goods |
How did the parliament react to this rebellion? | They repealed the law |
When did the tea act occur? | 1773 |
What did King George lll do to start the tea act? | He lowered the tax on tea |
Why were the colonists mad when King George lll lowered the tax on tea? | The colonists wanted the entire tax to be taken away and they did not like how the king was making money off of the taxes |
When did the Boston Tea Party occur | 1773 |
What did the colonists refuse to do? | Unload the British Tea ship |
What did they do after they refused? | They disguised themselves as Native Americans in the Mohawks.tribe. They then dumped the chests of tea into the into the Boston. |
When did the intolerable acts occur? | 1773 |
What is the definition of "intolerable acts"? | The name given by the colonists for the series of British laws |
What is another name for the intolerable acts? | The coercive acts |
What was the intolerable acts? | Punishment for the boston tea party |
How many intolerable acts are there? | 4 |
What are the intolerable acts | Boston Port Bill Act, The Massachusetts Government Act, The Administration of Justice Act, ane The Quartering Act |
What did the Boson Pot Bill Act take away? | The parliament took away the boston harbor |
How did it affect th colonist? | The colonists couldn't get or receive any goods |
What did The Massachusetts Government Act take away? | The parliament took away the Massachusettts legislature |
How did it affect the colonists? | The colonists didn't have a say in what happened |
What did the Administration of Justice Act do to trials involving british officers? | The parliament had all of the trials of British officers held in En |
How did it effect the colonists? | The british officers would have an unfair advantage |
What did the Quartering Actforce colonists to do? | House and feed british soldiers |
How did this affect the colonists? | The British soldiers could come and trash a colonists home |
When did the first continental congress occur? | 1774 |
What did the leaders in Massachusetts do to start the first continental congress? | The organized a meeting for representatives from each colony |
What three things id they decide on at the meeting? | they were not going to buy british goods, they made up a list of complaints against England, and they agreed to meet again if their complaints were not addressed |
When did the second continental congress take place? | 1775 |
What was likely to happen during the second continental congress? | War, battles were already breaking put between the colonies and Britain |
What did colonist support and about how many supported it? | 1/3 supported a revolution or rebellion, 1/3 supported the British, and 1/3 was unsure or didn't care |
When did the revolutionary war occur? | 1775-1781 |
How did the outcome of the revolutionary war play out? | The colonists wanted their freedom and ended up winning the battle |
When did the declaration of independence take place? | 1776 |