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What is the King of Englands Name?
King George III
100
What happened after the British announced the Townshend acts?
The Boston Massacre
100
What was the Stamp Act?
An act that forced Colonists to pay taxes on all printed products.
100
What does the word Repeal mean?
To revoke or take away.
100
What is the Committee of Correspondence?
A group of people who get information to and from colonies as fast as possible.
200
Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
Groups of Men and Women who were protesting the acts imposed by the British
200
After the Boston Tea Party What Acts did the British Pass?
The Intolerable Acts.
200
What was the goal of the stamp act?
To repay debts from the war
200
What does it mean to boycott something?
refusing to buy goodss
200
What is a Loyalist?
Colonists who were on King Georges side.
300
What is Parliament?
The lawmakers in Britian
300
How did the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves at The Boston Tea Party?
They Dressed as Native Americans
300
What did the Townshend acts put a tax on?
All imported goods.
300
What is a tariff?
A tax on goods
300
What is a Patriot?
Someone who is opposed to British Rule.
400
Who was Samuel Adams?
The man who organized the Sons of Liberty
400
Where did the Committee of Correspondence meet?
Phillidelphia
400
What was the act called that kept a tariff on Tea?
The Tea Act
400
What is a Militia?
An Army
400
Why are some militia-members called minutemen?
Because they would be ready to fight at any minute.
500
Who was Paul Revere?
The fastest horsemen in the Committee of Correspondence
500
Who planned the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty
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What Act led to the Boston Tea Party?
The Tea Act
500
What does the phrase no taxation without representation mean?
The British cant tax the colonists if they don't get to vote about it
500
What was the Name of Britains Tea Company?
East India Company