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FINAL JEOPARDY
100

What did the Declaratory Act do?

Say England has the power to make any laws they want in the colonies

100

What major event caused England to pass the Intolerable Acts?

The Boston Tea Party (led by the Sons of Liberty)

100

What did the Quartering Act do

Force colonists to give housing to British soldiers

100

List at least 3 SPECIFIC complaints against England that appear in the Declaration of Independence:

-Taxes

-Quartering of soldiers

-Boston Massacre

-Unfair court system

-Limiting slavery

-Taking away self government

-Refusing to listen to peaceful petitions

200

What did the Sugar Act do?

DECREASED tax on sugar from 6 to 3 pence to stop smuggling by making sugar cheaper

200

What did leaders decide to do at the Stamp Act Congress?

Send a petition to England listing their complaints, boycott British goods

Did NOT want revolution yet

200

What is the name of the law that said British soldiers could not be put on trial in the colonies

Administration of Justice Act

200

What is the name of the unofficial British policy of only loosely enforcing laws on the colonies

Salutary Neglect

300

Name at least 3 things taxed by the Townshend Acts

Paint, lead, glass, tea, paper

300

Name the first and last battles of the Revolutionary War

First: Lexington and Concord

Last: Yortown

300

Name the 4 Intolerable/Coercive Acts

Massachusetts Government Act

Administration of Justice Act

Boston Port Act

Quartering Act

300

Define Mercantilism

An economic system that was popular from the 16th - 18th centuries that was based on the goal of increasing exports while decreasing imports. 

In this system, colonies were supposed to help their mother country by giving raw materials, and purchasing back manufactured goods.

400

What did the Stamp Act do AND what is its major significance??

Created a tax on paper, Angered the most powerful colonists (rich and educated) and led to the Stamp Act Congress

400

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and WHEN was it signed

Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1776

400

What did the Navigation Acts do?

Say the colonies could only trade with England
400

List at least 2 SPECIFIC arguments made in Common Sense by Thomas Paine

-Government is necessary evil created only to protect peoples rights, when it fails at this it must be destroyed

-Only good government is representative democracy

-Monarchy as a concept is inherently evil and goes against the Bible

-Colonists gain nothing from being part of England, it only hurts them

-Colonists are strong enough to win the war 

500

Why did England pass the Tea Act/what exactly did it do?

To save the British East India Company from going bankrupt - got rid of tax on tea to stop smuggling

500

What was the major impact of Shay's Rebellion?

Showed the US that the government was too weak under the Articles of Confederation and it therefore needed to change

500

What did the Massachusetts Government Act do?

Take away MA local elected government

500

List at least 3 weakness of the Articles of Confederation

-Laws too hard to pass

-Amendments require unanimous support

-Federal gov has no taxation power

-Federal government can't have standing army

etc.

500
List at least 3 justifications that the British soldiers gave for the Boston Massacre

-Colonists tried to steal taxes

-Colonists had weapons / threatened them

-Colonists called fire, they misheard and thought it was their leader

-Colonists threw rocks at them

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