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100
The act that required the colonies to pay for the housing of British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
100
An event in New York City that led to burning of the Governor's carriage.
What is the Stamp Act riots.
100
A civilian who trained to fight in a moments time.
What is a Minuteman
100
The first direct tax on the American colonies by Parliament
What is the Stamp Act
100
The colonists response to the Sugar Act
What is increased smuggling
200
The act that hoped to stop smuggling by enforcing the "writs of assistance.
What is Sugar Act
200
When some young boys threw snowballs at British soldiers and then things became deadly
What is the Boston Massacre
200
The secret group that organized protests against British taxes.
What is Sons of Liberty
200
The boundary set by King George III that reserved the Ohio River Valley for Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763
200
Parliaments response to the Stamp Act riots
What is repealed the Stamp tax but issued the Declaratory act
300
This act placed an indirect tax on all British imports to the colonies- glass, paint, paper, tea.
What is Townsend Acts
300
A meeting called to protest the tax on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act Congress
300
A writer who proposed to the colonies that "Tis time to part" and separate from England.
Who is Thomas Paine
300
The argument that the colonies had no one at Parliament to act on their behalf.
What is "No taxation without representation"
300
The British response to news that Sam Adams and John Hancock had fled Boston
What is send troops to capture them and the Minutemen's guns.
400
This act said that all laws passed by Parliament must be obeyed by the colonists.
What is the Declaratory Act
400
When a group of "natives" threw the East India Companies tea into the harbor.
What is Boston Tea Party
400
The Boston leader who called for a meeting of all of the colonies in Philadelphia in 1774.
Who is Sam Adams
400
The law that allowed British customs agents to search a colonists home without a warrant.
What is the writs of assistance
400
King George's response to hearing about the Battle of Bunker Hill
What is the Proclamation of Rebellion
500
This act shut down the port of Boston and closed the Massachusetts legislature.
What is the Intolerable Acts
500
The incident that is known today as "The shot heard around the world"
What is Lexington & Concord
500
The Boston lawyer who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams
500
The decision to stop buying any British goods.
What is a boycott
500
The Continental Congress's response to news of the Battle of Lexington & Concord
What is the Olive Branch Petition.