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Great Britain thought the colonists should pay for expenses related to the protection of the colonies after this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
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This act forced colonists to pay for British soldier supplies and allow them to stay in their homes.

What is the Quartering Act?

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The colonist responded to the Tea Act by doing this.
What is boycott British tea?
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Colonists of the American Revolutionary period who supported, and stayed loyal, to the British monarchy.

What is a Loyalist?

100

Who said "give me liberty or give me death"

Who is Patrick Henry?

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True or False: Colonists believed that only their colonial assemblies had the right to tax them directly for the purpose of raising revenue.
What is true
200
England was angry over the tea party in Boston, so they so passed these laws to punish Boston.
What is Coercive Acts?
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The Intolerable Acts did this to the port of Boston
What is close the port so good could not be shipped in or out.
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Due to the Intolerable Acts the colonist agreed to send representatives here.
What is the First Continental Congress?
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At the First Continental Congress, the colonists sent a letter to who asking for what?
What is a letter to the King of England pledging their loyalty but stating their opposition to British actions.
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Due to the Tea Act, colonist had "Tea Parties" in these two places

What are Boston and New York.

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Colonist responded to the tax by saying this phrase,"_____ ________ _________ _______________."
What is no taxation without representation?
300
The first direct tax that Great Britain placed on the colonies and was placed on items such as newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
In Boston, colonists dressed up like these type of people and boarded English ships and threw chests of tea overboard.
What are Mohawk Native Americans?
300

What was a main cause of the Boston Massacre?

What is colonists wanted soldiers out of their city?

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The colonists' did this which led to the repeal of the Stamp Act

What is boycott British goods.

400

After the First Continental Congress met, many colonists were not happy with the decision. They decided to form _______________, or groups of untrained/unofficial soldiers.

What are militias?

400

About how much (in today's dollars) tea was destroyed at the Boston Tea Party?

What is $1,000,000.

400

The British troops and the new Continental Army were fighting for this.

What is freedom?

400

Who was the African American male that died in the Boston Massacre?

Who is Crispus Attucks?

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At the First Continental Congress, they agreed to wait how long before meeting again if their plan did not work?

What is one year?

500

What was one effect of the French and Indian War?

What is debt?

500

The group of messengers that went through the colonies spreading the news of the Coercive Acts.

What is the Committees of Correspondence?

500

Colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.

What is Patriots?

500

Where did the First Continental Congress take place?

What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?