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passed by parliament that placed new taxes on items such as glass, paper, lead, and tea |
Townshend Acts |
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how did the colonist protest the acts on taxes |
they boycotted British good |
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distrust between the colonists and British soldiers was especially evident where |
Boston |
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what did the colonist do to show their resentment |
they booed the troops,, and threw rotten eggs and seashells at the soldiers |
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the situation came to a climax on March 5, 1770. What happened |
a crowd of men and boys began taunting soldiers. troops fired into the mob, killing five people and wounding others. |
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the incident in Boston was labeled as ? |
Boston Massacre |
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after the Boston massacre, Parliament repealed the duties on everything but _________. How did this affect the colonist? |
tea. it divided the colonist |
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group that was organized in Boston to promote resistance to Britain. It was formed by Samuel Adams |
Committee of Correspondence |
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what gave the struggling British East India Company a virtual monopoly on the tea trade |
The Tea Act of 1773 |
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The Tea Act of 1773 enabled the company to do what? |
The company could lower the price of tea in America |
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when tea ships arrived in Boston, the colonist asked the governor to do what |
return the tea to England |
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on the night of Decmeber 16, a group of more than one hundred men dressed like Indians threw the tea overboard.what was this called? |
Boston Tea Party |
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The Boston Tea Party angered the British. It was viewed as an act of defiance. Parliament came up with a plan to punish Massachusetts. What was the plan called? |
Intolerable Acts |
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the colonist lost the rights to do what |
right to elect representatives, name judges, select juries, and they could not conduct town meetings with out consent |
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What act gave governors power to demand supplies or building that were needed for British troops in the colonies |
Quartering Act of 1774 |
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this act dealt with the newly acquired territory in Canada and was not meant to punish the colonist.What was the name of the act? |
Quebec Act |
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What did the Quebec Act allow |
French law would be used in civil cases, it extended Quebec's border to the Ohio River, they recognized that Catholicism would be the religion |
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where was the First Continental Congress held |
Philadelphia |
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the only colony that men didn't come from was ? |
Georgia |
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The First Continental Congress lasted for more than a ? |
month |
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men who were ready to fight on a minutes notice |
minutemen |
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who rode through the country side saying the British were coming |
Paul Revere |
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the First Continental Congress pledged to do what |
not to import or export any goods to Britain, not to participate in the English slave trade |
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What did the British commander do |
He ordered British soldiers to destroy a stockpile nearby Concord and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock near Lexington |
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the first shot was fired where. Who fired it? |
Lexington. they dont know |
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the British continued to Concord. What happened |
they destroyed what military supplies they could find |
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What happened to the British |
they couldn't go any further and they had to retreat back to Boston |
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The skirmish at Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of what |
War for Indpendence |
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what three men warned that the British were coming |
Samuel Prescott, Williams Dawes, and Paul Revere |
