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What is a congress?
lawmaking body
Who was not represented in Parliament, but still being forced to obey laws created by Parliament?
The colonists
Why did Great Britain finally decided to repeal the Stamp Act?
Were losing money from the boycotts
How did King George attempt to control protests and scare colonists?
Sent warships into Boston Harbor
What is a massacre? How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?
Massacre = killing of many people
Boston Massacre: 5 colonists died, including Crispus Attucks (a sailor who escaped slavery)
Benjamin Franklin called for a congress that would represent which colonies?
All 13 colonies
Why did colonists request that Parliament repeal the Stamp Act?
Believed to be unjust taxation
What was the purpose of Parliament's Declaratory Act of 1766?
Send a message to the colonists that the king retained the authority to make laws for the colonies
Why were the Townshend Acts eventually repealed?
British merchants were losing money, so they asked the government to repeal the acts.
How many of the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were found guilty of murder?
None / Zero
Why did King George reject the Albany Plan of Union, which called for a congress?
Feared the colonies would become too powerful
Who organized protests against the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
What were the Townshend Acts?
Series of acts that placed tariffs/taxes on products coming into the colonies like glass, tea, lead, paper, etc.
Despite the Townshend Acts being repealed, the British still taxed what British product?
Tea
What was the purpose of the Committee of Correspondence?
System of communication to help people in rural areas and other colonies have access to information
What was the Stamp Act?
Taxed every piece of printed paper that colonists used
Sons of Liberty wrote literature encouraging a boycott for colonists to refuse to buy what?
British products
Why did the Townshend Acts lift the British export tax on tea?
Why did a crowd of colonists yell insults at a British guard near the Custom House?
The Custom House was where taxes were collected
What kind of information did the Committee of Correspondence send out to the colonists via letters and pamphlets?
British policies and colonial protests
What is Parliament?
Britain's assembly that makes laws
How did the Daughters of Liberty boycott British products?
Spin their own cloth instead of using British-made cloth
How did the colonists react to being taxed without representation in Parliament?
- Boycott British products
- Harass tax collectors
- Refuse to pay taxes
What caused British soldiers to shoot into the crowd near the Custom House?
Someone hit a British soldier with a stick
What was the Tea Act?
Stated only the British East India Company could sell tea in the colonies and didn't have to pay taxes, even though the colonist still had to pay taxes