Causes of the AR Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What caused the Stamp Act to occur? | The British started putting taxes on everything that was paper. |
What did the Stamp Act tax? | Legal docs, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards. |
What were the Sons of Liberty? | A secret group who thought of ways to oppose British laws and even used violence to intimidate factors. |
What did they colonists boycott in the Stamp Act? | They boycotted paper products such as stamps. |
What year did the Stamp Act occur? | 1765 |
What did the Townshend Act tax? | Glass, paper, paint, tea, and lead. |
When did the Townshend Act occur? | 1767 |
What did the Writs of Assistance allow in the Townshend Acts? | Allowed tax collectors search for smuggled goods. Blank search warrant. |
What happened in 1768 because of the Writs of Assistance? | John Hancock was seized by the British, on suspicion of smuggling. In response the Governor of Massachusetts closed the legislature and brought in British troops to restore order in 1768. |
What ended the Townshend Acts? | The Townshend Act was not ended until after the Boston Massacre to ease the tension between the colonies, and the British. |
When did the Boston Massacre occur? | March 5, 1770 |
Why did the Boston Massacre occur? | A British Soldier and a Colonist Whig Apprentice get into a argument. |
What was the name Paul Revere came up with before the Boston Massacre was named this? | The Bloody Massacre on King Street |
Who owned the Ship Liberty? | John Hancock |
The Townshend Acts were not repealed until? | After the Boston Massacre to ease tension between the colonists and the British |
What happened after the two got into an argument? | A group of colonists joined the argument. |
What happened after the group of Colonists joined? | A group of British Soldiers joined the argument. |
What did the colonists start to throw at the British Soldiers. | They started throwing snowballs, sticks and stones. |
Who fired into the crowd and killed five people? | The British Soldiers |
What happened when the soldiers were being put on trial? | Two soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter and one officer was found innocent. |
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