Historical Bulletins 1-5
Historical Bulletins 6-10
Historical Bulletins11-15
Historical Bulletins 16-20
Proposals (Yes or No)
100
All of the following items must display a government stamp:legal documents,newspapers,almanacs,playing cards, and dice. All those violating this act will be tried in the Admiralty courts.
What is the 1765 Stamp Act
100
This act is hereby repealed.
What is the 1766 Stamp Act
100
In order to lower the price of tea, the East India Company is authorized to see tea to the Americans and avoid the middlemen in England and in the colonies.
What is the Tea Act
100
Canada is now established as a permanent government operative under French Civil Law and without the need of a representative assembly.
What is the 1774 Quebec Act
100
These proposals all passed during the Second Continental Congress
What are Proposals 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7
200
All colonies in which British troops are located must furnish the troops with living quarters.
What is the 1765 Quartering Act
200
This patriotic group is organized,vowing to refrain from doing any business that requires stamps.
What is the 1765 The Sons Of Liberty
200
These committees are organized by Samuel Adams. The committees will insure communications between the colonies and publicize all British atrocities.
What is the 1772 Committees Of Correpondence
200
On April 19 the fighting began ("Shot Heard 'Round the World!")
What are the 1775 Battles Of Lexington And Concord
200
These proposals didn't pass during the Stamp Act Congress.
What are Proposals 5, and 7
300
The tax on the importation of foreign molasses.
What is the 1764 Sugar Act
300
The House of Burgesses, the representatives of the sovereign people of Virginia, reject the right of Great Britain to tax Virginians, and hereby declare that only Virginians can tax Virginians.
What is the 1765 Virginia Resolution
300
A group of colonial citizens board the ships of the East India Company and pitch the tea into the Boston Harbor. This was a response to Governor Hutchinson's order that the ships were not to depart until the tea was unloaded. (The company feared violence if they attempted to unload the tea)
What is the 1773 Boston Tea Party
300
Boston's port is closed until restitution is made.
What is the 1774 Intolerable Act
300
These proposals passed during the Stamp Act Congress.
What are Proposals 1,2,3,4, and 6
400
The colonists are forbidden to make paper money legal tender.
What is the 1764 Currency Act
400
1)Duties are hereby placed on colonial imports of lead,paper,glass,and tea.2)Since the colonies are not following the spirit of the Quartering Act, an example must be made of the New York assembly (the worst offender); therefore all actions of the New York assembly are null and void unless full supplies are forthcoming. 3)In order to insure collection of all taxes,the customs bureau has been recognized. The Special Board (headquarters in Boston and not England) now has full supervisory authority.
What are the 1767 Townshend Acts
400
A skirmish on March 5 between British troops and Boston citizens results in five dead and six wounded.
What is the 1770 Boston Massacre
400
New England is hereby excluded from Newfoundland fisheries and prohibited from all trade except with England and the British West Indies. Also, no arms or ammunition may be imported by any of the colonies.
What are the 1775 Acts Of Parliament
400
These proposals passed during the First Continental Congress.
What are Proposals 1 and 2
500
All settlement is forbidden west of the Appalachian mountains.
What is the 1763 Proclamation Line
500
The British Parliament affirms that it has the authority to make laws and statues of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people in America in all cases whatsoever
What is the 1766 Declaratory Act
500
These acts are hereby repealed, except for the duties on tea and the quartering of troops.
What are the 1770 Townshend Acts
500
Parliament will not tax any colony whose inhabitants tax themselves for the purpose of contributing to the common defense.
What is the 1775 Lord North's Compromise
500
These Proposals didn't pass during the First Continental Congress.
What are Proposals 3,4, and 5
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