Stamp Act
The colonists had to buy this to put on when they printed any paper product
What is British Stamps
Who is Paul Revere
This dumping and destruction of tea saw the British respond with the Intolerable Acts
What is the Boston Tea Party
This act placed taxes on regular goods such as paper, paint, lead and glass and was the first of the Townshend Acts put into place.
What is the Revenue Act
Another name for the Intolerable Acts, what the British referred to them as.
What is the Coercive Acts
This phrase originated from the taxing of colonists without having officials in Parliament
What is no taxation without representation
The Sons of Liberty originated in this colonial city, where they also formally protested the Stamp Act
What is Boston
What is the Boston Massacre
This act took the power of the colonial courts and gave it back to the British officials
What is the Vice-Admiralty Court Act
In the Intolerable Acts, this harbor was to be shut down
What is Boston Harbor
This war was the reason behind the British raising taxes and being in debt.
What is the French and Indian War
The Sons of Liberty in Rhode Island organized and raided this ship in a precursor to the Boston Tea Party
The Gaspee
A famous Bostonian who was the brother of John Adams and a member of the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams
This act forced the colonists to house British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
This act, taken further by the Intolerable Acts, forced the colonists to house any British troops in their city and was the catalyst for one of our first amendments.
What is the Quartering Act
The people who taxed the colonists before the Stamp Act was put in place
What is colonial officials
The Masachusetts lieutenant governor who had his house burned in a protest, organized by the Sons of Liberty, of the Stamp Act
Who is Thomas Hutchinson
This pole was made and cemented in Boston after the repeal of the Tea Act
What is the Liberty Pole
This act allowed British tea to enter the colonies without paying taxes, angering local merchants
What is the Indemnity Act
This act allowed British officials in the colonies to move court cases out of Masachusetts to a colony that favored the British.
What is the Administration of Justice Act
The prime minister who implemented the Stamp Act
Who is Prime Minister Grenville
The Masachusetts Distributor of Stamps who had an effigy of himself burned by protestors, some of whom were Sons of Liberty
Who is Andrew Oliver
Famous for his signature on the US Constitution, this Bostonian was a wealthy merchant and prominent Son of Liberty
Who is John Hancock
This influential pamphlet, covered in class, was written by John Dickinson in response to the Townshend Acts.
What is Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
This act, aimed at religious freedoms in the colonies, extended an area of Canada westward and made expansion more difficult.
What is the Quebec Act