British Acts
British Rule
Colonist Reaction
Colony Geography
Vocabulary
100
This act taxed sugar, molasses, and other products.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
This was the name of the King of England during the Revolutionary War.
Who is King George III?
100
Colonists in Boston reacted to the Tea Act of 1773 by performing this.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This was the first colony to become a state in the United States.
What is Delaware?
100
To import or export something secretly, in violation of the law is called this.
What is smuggling?
200
This act taxed official documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
The legislature of Great Britain is called this.
What is Parliament?
200
This is the person that Thomas Paine met in London, England before moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Who is Benjamin Franklin? (1774)
200
This territory was NOT one of the original 13 colonies. a. Florida b. Georgia c. Virginia d. Connecticut
What is Florida?
200
To abstain from buying or using a product or service is called this.
What is boycott?
300
This act allowed British soldiers to stay in any colonists' homes and expect to be housed and fed.
What is the Quartering Act?
300
British troops were sent to Boston to maintain order because the colonists were protesting British taxes and laws. Gangs of rowdy men tormented the troops, so the soldiers fired shots into the rioting crowd. They killed five men. This is what the event was called.
What is the Boston Massacre? (1770)
300
This document's quote inspired the "Declaration of Independence" to borrow the line, "All men are created equal."
What is Common Sense? (January 1776)
300
This was the only colony that did NOT participate in the First Continental Congress. a. Virginia b. Massachusetts c. New York d. Georgia
What is Georgia?
300
This is the body of citizens enrolled for military service.
What is militia?
400
This act called for the blockade of the Boston Harbor until the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
What is the Coercive Act?
400
This is one of the main reasons the British didn't want the colonists to have their independence.
What is they were afraid American independence would set an example, and encourage other British colonies to do the same thing?
400
This is the document declaring independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence? (July 4, 1776)
400
This is the body of water that the British used as a blockade after the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Boston Harbor?
400
This is any people or territory separated from but still subject to ruling power.
What is a colony?
500
This act increased tax on tea and would not allow colonists to buy tea elsewhere.
What is the Tea Act (1773)?
500
The main reason American colonists were angry was that they had no representation in the British Parliament, but the British government could still tax them. This was otherwise known as this. (three words)
What is "taxation without representation"?
500
The Sons of Liberty were a group of colonists from Boston that protested British rule. Sometimes their protests were violent and included this action to British representatives.
What is tarred and feathered British officials?
500
This is the city and state where most of colonial unrest took place that led to the Revolutionary War.
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
500
Money demanded by a government to pay for services.
What is a tax?
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