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| What was the main reason Parliament passed laws about North America BEFORE 1763? | To control trade. |
| What was the main reason Parliament passed laws for North America AFTER 1763? | To raise revenue to pay off the French and Indian War debt. |
| What were the three main problems leftover from the French and Indian War? | The 130 million pound debt, governing French Canada and Indian relations. |
| Which law taxed legal documents, almanacks,dice, playing cards and newspapers? | The Stamp Act |
| Which law was intended to support the failing Biritish East India Company? | The Tea Act |
| Which law taxed lead, paint, paper, glass, silk and tea? | The Townshend Acts. |
| What were men's protest groups called? | Sons of Liberty |
| What were women's protest groups called? | Daughters of Liberty |
| Which law imposed the first DIRECT or INTERNAL tax on the colonists? | The Stamp Act |
| What was the secret network which patriots set up to keep each other informed about what the British were doing? | Committees of Correspondence |
| Which law did Parliament pass that said it did have the authority to tax the colonies any time it wanted? | Declaratory Act |
| In March 1770 a taunting match and snowball fight ended with 5 dead. What did Sam Adams call this incident? | The Boston Massacre |
| What were a series of laws passed during the 1600s called which controlled trade? | The Navigation Acts |
| What Negro dockworker was the first to die in the 1770 fighting in Boston? | Crispus Attucks |
| What document gave British officials permission to search American ships and homes for smuggled goods? | Writs of Assistance |
| To protest violations of their basic rights as Englishmen, many colonists agreed NOT to buy any taxed goods. What were these written promises called? | Non-importation agreements |
| What modern term means to refuse to buy a product in order to protest? | Boycott |
| In 1765 and 1774, Parliament passed laws which required colonists to provide room and board for Redcoats. What were these laws called? | Quartering Acts |
| Angered by the Tea Act, what moonlight vandalism did Boston patriots commit? | The Boston Tea Party |
| King George III was furious over the Boston Tea Party. He punished Massachusetts with the Coercive Acts of 1774. What did the colonists call these four laws? | The Intolerable Acts |
| Which Intolerable Act closed a vital part of Boston? | The Boston Port Bill |
| Other colonies went to Boston's aid in 1774. How? | They sent food and clothes overland to Boston. |
| What were colonists called who stored weapons secretly and were ready to fight on a moment's notice? | Minutemen |
| Which patriot was one of three riders who warned the sons of liberty that "The British regulars are coming!" | Paul Revere |
| The "shot heard 'round the world" started the American War for Independence. Where was that shot fired? | Lexington and Concord |
| What fiery Virginian called on his fellow lawmakers to take up arms by saying "Give Me Liberty - or give Me Death!"? | Patrick Henry |
| What was the rallying cry of all colonial protest? | "No taxation without representation" |
| What law intended to solve the Indian problem by forbidding colonists to settle west of the Appalachians? | The Proclamation of 1763 |
| What law was meant to reassure French-speaking subjects in Canada? | The Quebec Act |
