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| A British order which did NOT allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
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| British law that required colonists to house and supply British soldiers. |
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| A British law that taxed sugar and other goods shipped to the colonies and called for harsher penalties for smugglers. Passed to help pay England's war debt. |
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| A law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay a tax on printed documents, such as newspapers and books. |
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| A secret society formed by colonists to protest British policies. |
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| A tax on all imported goods from England including lead, paper, tea, paint, and glass. Created after the Stamp Act was repealed. |
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| Law passed that allowed colonists to buy their tea ONLY from the Dutch East India Tea Company. This would save the company and raise money to pay off the war debt. |
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| A protest against the Tea Act in which the Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor. |
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| British laws meant to punish the colonists after the Tea Party which closed Boston Harbor and enforced the Quartering Act. |
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| In 1770 a confrontation between colonists and British soldiers where 5 colonists died. |
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| A warrant that allowed British officers to enter and search homes & businesses for smuggled goods. |
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| A trade system where slaves, molasses, & rum were traded for each other in Africa, the Carribean, and the colonies. |
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| The refusal to buy goods in protest. |
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| War debt from the French & Indian War |
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| What caused the British to pass the Stamp Act? |
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| Sons of Liberty tarred & feathered perop, boycotts, riots, burning paper goods. |
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| How did the colonists protest the Stamp Act? |
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| The British repealed the Stamp Act but still needed a way to pay off the war debt. |
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| What caused the British to pass the Townshend Act? |
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| To withdraw or make inactive |
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| They boycotted these goods. They made their own things or did without. |
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| How did the colonists protest the Townshend Act? |
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| They kept the tax on tea. |
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| What did the British tax after they repealed most of the Townshend Act? |
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| Tension between British troops and colonists in Boston. |
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| What caused the Boston Massacre? |
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| The town where colonists were hiding ammunition |
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| Paul Revere and William Dawes |
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| Name first two men riding to warn the colonists that the "British were coming". |
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| After Revere and Dawes were captured, who rode on to warn the colonists? |
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| In what town were Samuel Adams and John Hancock hiding? |
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| He was mad and sent more troops |
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| How did the king respond to the letter from the First Continental Congress? |
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| What term means a group of armed citizens that pledges to defend their community? |
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| What term was given to the militia trained to respond "at a minute's warning?" |
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| What is the term for a tax on goods made within the colonies? |
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| What is the term given to a tax on goods imported from outside the colonies? |
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Which event happened first?
The French & Indian War-
Pontiac's Rebellion |
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Which event happened first?
The Sons of Liberty Form-
The Stamp Act |
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Which event happened first?
Repeal of the Stamp Act-
The Townshend Acts |
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Which event happened first?
The Tea Act-
The Intolerable Acts |
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Which event happened first?
Closing Boston Harbor-
Boston Tea Party |
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Which event happened first?
The First Continental Congress-
The Intolerable Acts |
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| What was the MOST effective was for the colonists to protest the British taxes? |
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