British Laws
This 1764 law lowered the import tax on molasses and strengthened efforts to stop smuggling.
What is the Sugar Act?
This form of protest involved a group of people refusing to buy certain goods or services.
What is a boycott?
This was Great Britain's law-making body.
What is Parliament?
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists, killing five people.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The Sugar Act and Stamp Act were both examples of British laws that placed ______ on the colonies.
What are taxes?
This 1765 law placed taxes on paper products such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This political organization organized protests and acts of resistance against British policies.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This group of citizens served as soldiers during an emergency.
What is a militia?
On December 16, 1773, colonists destroyed 342 boxes of British tea as an act of protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty used protests and acts of resistance to oppose these kinds of British policies.
What are British policies?
These 1767 laws placed taxes on household goods such as paper, glass, tea, paint, and lead.
What are the Townshend Acts?
These secret networks used letters and pamphlets to spread information between the colonies.
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
Nine colonies sent delegates to this meeting, which sent a petition to Parliament requesting the repeal of the Stamp Act.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
This 1774 gathering included delegates from 12 colonies who decided how to respond to the Coercive Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The Boston Tea Party involved colonists destroying British tea. It was an act of ______ against British policy.
What is protest?
This 1774 series of laws was passed to punish Boston for its rebellious activities.
What are the Coercive Acts?
Colonists used this form of protest when they refused to buy certain British goods. What vocabulary term describes this action?
What is a boycott?
The Stamp Act Congress was formed in response to this British law.
What is the Stamp Act?
This April 19, 1775 event marked the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The Coercive Acts were passed after Boston's rebellious activities. The First Continental Congress then met to decide how the colonies should ______.
What is respond?
This law required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The Sons of Liberty organized resistance against British policies, while these groups helped spread information between the colonies. Name both.
What are the Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence?
This group of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met in 1774 to decide how the colonies should respond to the Coercive Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
Put these events in the correct order: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, First Continental Congress, Battles of Lexington & Concord.
Boston Massacre → Boston Tea Party → First Continental Congress → Battles of Lexington & Concord
A colonist refuses to buy British goods, a group spreads information through letters, and another group organizes protests. Name the three vocabulary terms that describe these actions.
What are boycott, Committees of Correspondence, and Sons of Liberty?