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How many grievances are there in the declarations of independence?
100
1773
When did parliament pass the tea act?
100
a tax on imported goods
What is a duty?
100
exporting or importing illegal goods secretly
What is smuggling?
100
A representative to a meeting
What is a delegate?
200
the preamble
What is the beginning of the declaration of independence called?
200
1766
When was the stamp act repealed?
200
They called them the Intolerable Acts.
What did colonists call the Coercive Acts?
200
The Coercive Acts
How did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Party?
200
Pennsylvania
What colony did Benjamin Franklin represent?
300
Thomas Jefferson
Who was given the task to write the declaration of independence?
300
colonists would buy and place stamps on many documents, and than the stamps would be taxed
What is the stamp act?
300
put duties on goods imported from overseas
What did The Townshend Acts do?
300
The Boston Tea Party
What did the colonists do in response to the Tea Act?
300
There role was to meet in Philadelphia to plan a united response to the Coercive Acts.
What was the role of the continental congress?
400
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman
Who was part of the committee that originally chosen to draft the declaration?
400
States that the american colonies are to house the british solders.
What is the The Quartering Act?
400
parliament had the right to tax the colonies and make decisions no matter what
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
The british spent too much money sending over soldiers to fight in the french and indian war
Why did the british pass the stamp act?
400
late 1500s
When did the colonial era begin?
500
John Locke
Who greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson by his ideas and writings?
500
It gave the british soldiers the power to search any house they wanted.
What did The Townshend Acts allow the british to do?
500
British good
What did colonists boycott?
500
Boycotting british goods
How did the colonists respond to the stamp act?
500
Parliament thought it would frighten the colonists into respecting British rule.
How did Parliament think Colonists would react to the Coercive Acts?