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CausesOfRevolution
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Question | Answer |
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This protest organized by the Sons of Liberty was a colonist reaction to the Tea Act. | Boston Tea Party |
Which act required colonists to house British soldiers and provide them with supplies? | Quartering Act |
Which law prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains? | Proclamation of 1763 |
Which law placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products? | Sugar Act |
Which law required all legal and commercial documents, such as newspapers, diplomas & marriage licenses to carry a stamp showing that a tax had been paid? | Stamp Act |
What event was used as propaganda against the British, even though John Adams defended the soldiers? | Boston Massacre |
What law suspended New York's assembly and put a tax on glass, paper, paint, lead and tea? | Townshend Act |
What law gave the British East India Co. control over the tea trade and put a tax on tea? | Tea Act |
Which laws were created to punish the people of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts |
This word means refuse to buy & the colonists often did this as a form of protest. | boycott |
This was part of the Townshend Act and it allowed the British officials to search for smuggled goods. | writs of assistance |
Sometimes the colonial protests worked and King George and Parliament would__________________the law. | repeal |
The colonists formed the ______________________________________to write letters and communicate about events happening in the colonies. | committees of correspondence |
This group was responsible for the Boston Tea party and other protests against the British. | Sons of Liberty |
Colonists decided to form militias and prepare to fight after the _______________________were passed. | Intolerable Acts |
This means being taxed without a voice in the government. | Taxation without Representation |
What is one reason the British started taxing the colonists? | They were in debt after winning the French & Indian War |