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10 Cards in this Set
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What caused the Boston Massacre?
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British soldiers firing into an innocent group of colonists.
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What was the Quebec Act of 1774?
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It gave the area west of the Appalachian Mountains to Quebec.
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Who made a proposal for a Grand Council of the Americas?
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Joseph Galloway
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Why did the Tea Act of 1773 anger the colonists?
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Because it lowered the price of tea in the colonies.
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Did Parliament pass a second Tea Act doubling the price of tea after the Boston Tea Party?
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No, they passed the Intolerable Acts instead.
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What did the Townshend Acts of 1767 do?
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Prevented the New York assembly from governing the colony.
Placed taxes on several items that had not been taxed before. |
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What was the Declaratory Act of 1766?
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It stated the authority of Parliament to make laws for the colonies?
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Why were the Committees of Correspondence important?
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They allowed the colonists to unite their views and actions.
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What was the Committees of Correspondence?
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Group created so that the colonies can communicate.
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Name three parts of the Intolerable Acts.
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Closed Boston's ports.
Limited town meetings to once a year. New Quartering Act. Sent British officials to England to be tried for murder. |
