Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
Vocab
100
What is the meaning of the word duty?
import tax
100
What does the word Militia mean?
A force made up of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of a regular army.
100
What does the word alliance mean?
is an agreement between nations or groups to help each other against other nations or groups.
100
What does the word Writ of assistance mean?
court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying what they were searching.
100
What does the word Monopoly mean?
is total control of a market for a certain product.
200
How much tea got thrown into the water?
3 Ship loads full.
200
What year did the Boston Massacre happen?
March 5, 1770
200
What year was the stamp act passed?
Early 1765
200
How did the stamp act and the sugar act tie within each other?
The colonists went to the capital and gave Britten a petition to stop the stamp act and the sugar act.
200
What does the word Minuteman mean?
citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute’s notice.
300
What year did the Boston Tea Party happen?
December 16, 1773
300
In one word what is the Boston Massacare?
Anything
300
what does the word Boycott mean?
an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products.
300
What is one synonym for the word Writ of assistance?
sneaky and search
300
What does the word Blockade mean?
is shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
400
In one word explain what the Boston Tea Party was.
Anything
400
Why did the Boston Massacre happen?
The revolt of the Townshend Acts.
400
Why did nine colonies go to the capital?
because they wanted to make to stamp act and sugar act stop.
400
What is the sugar act?
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764
400
What does the word Mercenary mean?
soldiers who serve another country for money.
500
Explain what the Boston Tea Party was.
On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The incident remains an iconic event of American history, and other political protests often refer to it.
500
Explain what the Boston Massacre was.
On March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others.
500
What was the stamp act?
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
500
what were some of the things that were included in the sugar act.
sugar and molasses
500
What does the word Cede mean?
to surrender
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