The Sugar Act increased the taxes on many imported items for this reason
What is to offset the cost of the French and Indian War
100
The Boston Tea party took place during this time of day.
What is night?
100
This many people were killed in the Boston Massacre
What is five?
100
When General Thomas Gage arrived with four regiments of troops in May of 1774, Massachusetts was put under this form of government.
What is military rule?
100
This Act greatly upset American colonists because it extended the southern boundary of Canada into territories claimed by Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia
What is the Quebec Act?
200
This act made many colonists angry because it taxed all printed materials, including playing cards and dice
What is the Stamp Act?
200
During this event, Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped tea over the sides of three British ships into Boston Harbor to keep from having to pay taxes on the tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
Anti-British sentiment was spread by the sale of an engraving of the Boston Massacre done by this famous Patriot.
Who was Paul Revere?
200
March 23, 1775, in Virginia, Patrick Henry delivered a famous speech against British rule, stating this.
What is "Give me liberty or give me death!"
200
The Massachusetts Regulating Act and the Government Act angered Massachusetts colonists because they did this
What is virtually ended the Colonists' self rule?
300
It forced Colonists to house and feed British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act?
300
Many of the Colonists dressed like this during the Boston Tea Party.
What is like Mohawk Indians?
300
Captain Preston and his men were acquitted after being defended at their trial by this future President.
Who was John Adams?
300
Another name for taxes
What is duties?
300
One of the Colonists' main objections to the English taxes is that the Colonies did not have this
What is representation in Parliament?
400
This Act allowed the British East India Company to have a monopoly and undersell Colonial Merchants.
What was the Tea Act?
400
In broadsheets posted before the Boston Tea Party, the Colonists said this about the tea...
What is "The Tea Should Never Be Landed"
400
The Boston Massacre is probably best remembered today because of the death of this African American man.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
400
The act of doing favors/giving money to politicians to get them to vote in ways that suit the interests of you or an organization you work for
What is lobbying?
400
One of the main responses the colonists had to the many different tax acts was to do this to English goods.
What is boycott?
500
These "Intolerable" Acts shut down Boston Harbor until the British East India Company was reimbursed for its lost tea.
What were the Coercive Acts?
500
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the Tea Tax, the Landing of the Tea, and the Crown giving this Company a monopoly on the Colonists Tea.
What is the British East India Company?
500
Although colonists called it a "Massacre" the Boston Massacre was a misnomer because of this.
What is a massacre indicates many people were killed.
500
Legal term meaning released without guilt
What is acquitted?
500
This placed a tax on all printed materials as well as dice and playing cards