Vocabulary
The Stamp Act
People
The Townshend Acts
Protests
100
This term refers to a strong ruler who treats people harshly.
What is a tyrant?
100
Parliament voted to end the Stamp Act in this month and year.
What is March 1766?
100
This ruler was king of England in the late 18th Century.
Who was King George III?
100
Britain used the money from the Townshend Acts to do this.
What is govern the colonies?
100
The colonists protested the Stamp Act by holding these.
What are colonial assemblies?
200
This means to refuse to buy certain goods.
What is boycott?
200
In October 1765, delegates from the colonies met here for the Stamp Act Congress.
What is New York City?
200
This colonists called King George III a tyrant.
Who was Patrick Henry?
200
Tax collectors used these to search homes and businesses.
What are writs of assistance?
200
In Massachusetts, these groups of men threatened tax collectors.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
300
This was a name given to British soldiers.
What is Redcoats?
300
The Stamp Act taxed these commonly used items.
What were playing cards, almanacs, newspapers, and legal documents?
300
These groups of women made cloth in order to boycott British goods.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
300
The Townshend Acts places a tax on these goods.
What are manufactured goods?
300
As a result of the Stamp Act Congress, colonists sent this to the king.
What is a petition?
400
These were legal documents which allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods.
What were writs of assistance?
400
In response to the Stamp Act, Patrick Henry called King George III this.
What is a tyrant?
400
This colonial leader declared that Parliament must allow the colonial assemblies to tax the colonists.
Who was John Dickenson?
400
When the Townshend Acts were repealed, a tax remained on this product.
What is tea?
400
To protest, the colonists did this, which also means to refuse to buy certain goods.
What is boycott?
500
These were groups of citizens that wrote about what happened in their colony.
What were committees of correspondence?
500
Parliament passed the Stamp Act in this month and year.
What is March 1765?
500
This leader of the British government asked Parliament to end the Townshend Acts.
Who was Lord Frederick North?
500
The Townshend Acts were passed in this year.
What is 1767?
500
In response to the Townshend Acts and the presence of troops in Boston, the colonists fought British soldiers in what came to be known as this.
What is the Boston Massacre?
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