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Crispus Attucks | Who was the person killed in America’s Struggle for freedom? |
Sons of Liberty | What was the secret society that opposed British policies? |
Boston Massacre | What was the confrontation of British soldiers & colonists known as? |
Revenue | What do you call it when you want income to meet expenses? |
Committee of Correspondence | What was the name given to the group that exchanged letters on colonial affairs? |
Samuel Adams | Who was the leader of Boston’s Sons of Liberty? |
Boycott | What is defined as “ a refusal to buy goods”? |
The Stamp Act | Which tax directly affects legal & commercial documents? |
Charles Townshend | Who was the finance minister to The King? |
The Quartering Act | What forced colonists to house & support British troops? |
The Proclamation of 1763 | Which act prevented Colonists from moving West of the Appalachian Mts. in search of new/ fertile lands in the Ohio valley? |
French & Indian War | Name the early war in which colonists fought beside British? |
Native American Allies | In who’s possession did the British want the Ohio valley to remain? |
10,000 soldiers | How many troops did King George keep in the colonies? |
New York | Where did the British General Thomas Gage place the majority of King George’s 10, 000 troops? |
Sugar Act | Which act included a tax on sugar, molasses & other products shipped to the colonies? |
Parliament | What British legislature passed acts to raise revenue for colonies? |
Patrick Henry | “If this be treason, make the most of it”, were the famous words of which member of the Virginia House of Burgesses member? |
New York City | In October of 1765, the Stamp Act of Congress was held in which city? |
Nine | A total of how many colonies sent delegates to the Stamp Act of Congress? |
Colonial Assemblies | Who did the delegates at the Stamp Act of Congress declare that the right to tax belong to, when they petitioned the King? |
Declaratory Act | Which act declared that Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies? |
Townshend Acts | Which acts suspended the New York assembly? |
Agree to house & support British Troops | What did New Yorkers have to do to have their assembly reinstated? |
Duties or Import taxes | What kind of taxes did the Townshend Acts place on the colonies? |
Writs of Assistance | To enter homes & businesses in search of smuggled goods, what did British officers use? |
The Daughters of Liberty | What group was called on by the colonists to use American made products & weave their own cloth? |
Redcoats | The uniform of the British soldiers Included an item giving them what nickname? |
Yankee | What derogatory term did the British use to refer to the American colonists? |
The Boston Massacre | What incident was used as a tool for anti-British propaganda? |
No taxation without representation | As a result of British taxes, what did colonial assemblies & newspapers fight for? |