Required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
The empire that funded Columbus' expeditions
Who was the Spanish Empire?
The year Columbus "discovered" America
What is 1942?
A group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory, or land.
What is a colony?
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
What are the original 13 colonies?
Taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, paper, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?
Important 7 Years War Army General
The war fought between 1756 and 1763
What is the 7 Years War?
military organization of citizens with limited training, available for emergencies or local defense.
The country Columbus originally intended to create an alternative route to.
What is India?
Allowed Britain to house troops whenever and wherever they wanted in the colonies.
What is the Quartering Act?
The ruler fighting to keep the colonies under their rule.
Who is King George III?
March 5, 1770: 5 murdered in a battle
What is the Boston Massacre?
legislature/lawmaking group in Great Britain
What is Parliament?
Winners of the 7 Years War
Who were the British?
Closed Boston harbor for all trade until the tea dumped overboard was paid for in full.
What is the Boston Port Bill?
The name for those who lived in the North American settlements of the British
Who are the colonists?
December 16, 1773: dumping a product into water
What is the Boston Tea Party?
When a country extends its power to other territories for political or economic gain
What is imperialism?
The original residents of the North American continent.
Who are Indigenous peoples/Native Americans?
Government positions in a certain state had to be appointed by the governor, Parliament, or the king.
What is the Massachusetts Govt Act?
Spanish King and Queen who funded Columbus' expeditions?
1775-1783
What is the American Revolution?
Moving of trials to other colonies or to Great Britain if there would be “bias”
What is the Administration of Justice Act?
Mainly for land a trade
What were the causes of the 7 Years War?