Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts 1
Intolerable Acts 2
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100
Reason British troops were increased in the colonies at the end of the French and Indian War.
What is to protect the colonies against threats from remaining Frenchmen and Indians?
100
Reason Charles Townshend had for taxing the colonists.
What is tax relief at home (in England)?
100
The date that Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts which was the same day as the Boston Massacre.
What is March 5, 1770
100
This act closed the Port of Boston until tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
What is the Boston Port Act?
100
Author of "A Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania."
Who was John Dickinson?
200
Year the Quartering Act was initially passed.
What is 1765?
200
This act led to the suspension of the New York Assembly.
What is the New York Restraining Act?
200
After the repeal of the Townshend Acts, the only tax left was on this item.
What is tea?
200
This act took away the rights of self government in the colony where the Boston Tea Party occurred.
What is the Massachusetts Government Act?
200
British Noble who succeceed Charles Townshend?
Who was Lord North?
300
Reason the British passed the Quartering Act of 1765.
What is to offset the cost of defending the colonies?
300
Another name for unpopular search warrants issued as part of the Customs Service Reorganization.
What are writs of assistance?
300
The tax on tea eventually led to this event in 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
This act allowed British official accused of crimes to be tried in Great Britain.
What is the Administration of Justice Act?
300
Ship seized in Boston in 1768 by crowds angry with customs officials.
What is the "Liberty?"
400
Colony that had the strongest resistance to the Quartering Act.
What is New York?
400
Name for agreements between colonists that had an almost immediate and devastating effect on trade with Britain.
What are nonimportation agreements?
400
The name the British gave to acts intended to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive Acts?
400
This act allowed British soldiers to be housed in colonial buildings or colonial homes at the colonists' expense.
What is the Quartering Act of 1774?
400
Under the Massachusetts Government Act, this person would appoint most colonial government positions.
Who is the governor or the King?
500
Two reasons colonists were angry about the Quartering Act.
What fear of standing armies and cost.
500
Five items that were taxed by the Townshend Duty Act.
What are paper, paint, glass, lead, and tea?
500
The total number of "Intolerable Acts" passed by Parliament.
What is 5?
500
This act extended the boundaries of one of Britain's provinces in North America.
What is the Quebec Act?
500
The Intolerable Acts were intended to do this.
What is punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea Party?
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