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5-204 Study Guide
Revolutionary war stuff made by Miracle Cabrera
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the quartering act? | Required all colonists with extra room to provide housing and food for the British soldiers in America. |
| What was the stamp act? | Requires taxes on all legal documents that require a stamp or seal. Special agents were appointed to sell stamps and collect taxes on them. |
| What was the declaratory act? | • Parliament had the complete authority to pass any laws or statutes it wanted, change colonial governments, and make any changes to laws it wanted, whenever it wanted. |
| What did the Townshend act put taxes on? | • glass, paper, and tea. |
| What fight happened on March 5, 1770? | • a fight broke out between colonists and British Soldiers in Boston. 5 people died, nobody knows who started the fights. It was called the Boston-Massacre. |
| What happened after the Boston Massacre? | • Townshend Acts were repealed, leaving taxes only on tea. |
| When was the Boston Tea Party? What did the king do after? | 12/16/1773. After, the king passed the Intolerable Acts. |
| What was the purpose of the Continental Congress? | • Unite the colonies and decide on the next step against the king. |
| What was the name of soldiers trained to be ready to fight in a minute? | • A group of men trained to be soldiers at a minute’s notice is called Minutemen. |