| Question | Answer |
| Two reasons why England needed to raise revenue after the French and Indian War. | (1) To pay the debt from the war. (2) To pay to keep the Army in America. |
| What is the name of England's legislature. | Parliament |
| Legislature | makes laws |
| England's Prime Minister at the end of the French and Indian war? | George Grenville |
| First Act to raise money in the Colonies? | The Sugar Act |
| How did the British punish smugglers? | Took away their goods and ships. |
| Reason why Sam Adams and James Otis believed Parliament did not have the fight to tax the colonists. | Taxation without representation |
| Organized by Sam Adams to inform the colonists about British laws. | Committees of Correspondence |
| Popular method of protest against the British | Boycott |
| Boycott Definition | Not to purchase certain goods for reasons of protest. |
| Stamp Act | Passed by Parliament in 1765. It was a tax on legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, etc. |
| The first direct tax on the colonists. | Stamp Act |
| Radical protest group formed to oppose British policies and taxes. | Sons of Liberty |
| Patriot who said, "If this be treason, make the most of it." | Patrick Henry |
| Method the colonists used to get the British to repeal the Stamp Act. | Boycott |
| Duty | Tax on imported goods |
| Townsend Act | Series of laws that placed a tax on lead, paint, paper, glass and tea. |
| Writs of Assistance | Laws that let British Soldiers search for smuggled goods. |
| How did the Colonists protest the Townsend Act? | Boycotting British goods. |
| Mob violence that occurred on March 5th 1770, when British Soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists that were throwing snowballs and shouting insults. | Boston Massacre |
| The leader of the mob at the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| martyr | To die for a cause |
| First black martyr and hero of the American Revolution. | Crispus Atucks |
| Defended the British Soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre | John Adams, Josiah Quincy |
| Part of the Townsend Act not repealed. | tax on tea |
| This act gave a British Tea Company a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies. | The Tea Act |
| Company given a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies. | British East India Company |
| Monopoly | gain complete control of a trade or market |
| Why did colonists dislike the Tea Act | They thought they would go out of business. |
| Organized event to protest the Tea Act | Boston Tea Party |
| True or False: The Tea Act made the price of tea in the colonies more expensive? | True |
| Define: Quartering Act | This forced colonists to house British Soldiers in their homes. |
| How did the colonists protest the Intolerable Acts | Boycott British Goods |
| What 'Acts' did the Parliament pass in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts |
| List the four things the Intolerable Acts did. | 1. Close Boston Harbor
2. Cancel the Massachusetts Charter and legislative meetings
3. Moved trials of British Officials to Briton.
4. Made Colonists house British Soldiers (Quartering Act) |
| Why did imports from England dramactically decline in 1774? | Because of the Intolerable Acts. |
| What marked the birth of the United States of America. | The Declaration of Independence |
| Why were so many colonists angry with the British governent? | They thought the Parliament violated their rights. |
| What famous group met at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss the ongoing problems that existed between England and the Colonies? | The Continental Congress |
| What 2 important decisions were made by the Continental Congress? | 1. Boycott British Goods
2. Be prepared to fight. |
