The Prime Minister from Britain that initiated the Stamp Act.
Who is George Grenville
100
A Company that was to benefit from selling tea directly to the colonies
What is the British East India Company
100
Allowed the royal governor of a colony to move trials to other colonies or even to England if he feared that juries in those colonies wouldn't judge a case fairly
What is Impartial Administration of Justice Act
100
What the Sugar Act, enacted on April 5, 1764 was properly known as.
What is the American Revenue Act
100
This group of taxes passed by Britain starting in 1767
Who is Charles Townshend
200
Was used by the colonists to pay the stamp tax.
What is gold and silver
200
Person who led the protests and boycotts against the British Tea Company
Who is John Hancock
200
Law officers subject to appointment by the royal governor and banned all town meetings that didn't have approval of the royal governor
What is the Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act
200
The Sugar Act was an extension of this 1733 Act
What is the Molasses Act
200
This was the only tax that was kept in effect after the Boston Massacre in 1770.
What is the tea tax
300
Organized a group of colonists that were responsible for protests against the Stamp Act
Who are the Sons of Liberty
300
Boston Governor who refused to allow tea ships to leave Boston without getting paid for the tea.
Who is Hutchinson
300
Closed the port of Boston until the price of the dumped tea was recovered, moved the capital of Massachusetts to Salem, and made Marblehead the official port of entry for the Massachusetts colony.
What is the Boston Port Act
300
The Sugar act was proposed by this Prime Minister
Who is Prime Minister George Grenville
300
This was a famous event in New England History took place as a result of implementation of the Townshend Acts
What is the Boston Massacre
400
Legal documents, ship’s papers, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, advertisement, bills of sale, almanacs, calendars, playing cards.
What are items that were taxed
400
They boarded the tea ships and dropped the boxes of tea into the water.
Who are people disguised as Mohawk Indians
400
Allowed royal troops to stay in houses or empty buildings if barracks were not available
What is the Quartering Act
400
The focus was to discourage colonial merchants and manufacturers from smuggling non-British goods to avoid taxes imposed by this government
What is Parliament
400
Taxes on imported goods such as paper, paint, lead, tea, and this product were taxed upon during the Townshend Acts
What is glass
500
March 1776
When the Stamp act was repealed
500
Prominent slogan created by the colonists to voice their displeasure
What is “no taxation without representation”
500
Granted civil government and religious freedom to Catholics living in Quebec.
What is the Quebec Act
500
The rallying cry against Parliament’s right to tax the colonies
What is “no taxation without representation
500
The original purpose of the Townshend Acts was to fund the cost of having this in North America