History Test 1

Front 1

name the firebrands

Back 1

Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, Sam Adams, Jon Adams, Jon Hancock, Patrick Henry

Front 2

What was the Quartering Act?

Back 2

People had to shelter british soldiers on demand

Front 3

Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?

Back 3

Crispus Attucks

Front 4

Where did the Sons/Daughters of Liberty meet?

Back 4

Under Liberty Trees.

Front 5

name all of the acts passed by parliament

Back 5

Quartering Act, Proclamation Act of 1763, Declaratory Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Coercive Acts

Front 6

What did the Navigation Acts say?

Back 6

1)3/4 of the crew had to be British
2)all trade had to pass through Britain
3)all of the ships had to be made in either Britain or the colonies

Front 7

What did the colonists call the coercive acts?

Back 7

the Intolerable Acts

Front 8

What did the coercive acts say?

Back 8

1)Boston Harbor was closed until the debt was paid off to the East Indie Tea Company
2)Boston lost control over government
3)Thomas Gage was made governor of MA

Front 9

Explain what the Boston Massacre was

Back 9

Kids were throwing sticks and stones at a redcoat, and the soldier called for back-up. One soldier thought he heard the word 'fire', so he fired into the crowd. 4 were killed.

Front 10

What act did parliament pass after the Boston Tea Party?

Back 10

coercive acts

Front 11

Where did the First Continental Congress meet?

Back 11

Carpenters' Hall, in Philadelphia

Front 12

What did the First Continental Congress meet to do?

Back 12

set up the comittees of correspondence and write a letter to king george 3 asking him repeal the stamp act.

Front 13

what were Townshend Acts

Back 13

it was and inderect tax, where they charged the shipper, causing all of the prices to rise. the tax was on lead, glass, paint, and tea.

Front 14

What was the Comittees of Correspondence?

Back 14

people from each colony who wrote letters back and forth to inform the other colonies of important news