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History Quiz on p. 2
History Quiz on p. 295-308
Question | Answer |
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a tax on British imports such as glass,paint,tea,and paper | Townshend Acts |
a tax on paper items such as legal documents,newspapers,and playing cards | Stamp Act |
a tax on sugar and molasses | Sugar Act |
to refuse to buy | Boycott |
to take back | Repeal |
a group of Patriots who protested against Parliament and tax collectors | Sons of Liberty |
a formal meeting of representatives | Congress |
a public announcement | proclamation |
the lawmaking branch of the British government | Parliament |
a formal agreement between groups or individuals | alliance |
the peace treaty signed at the end of the French and Indian War that gave much of France's land to Britain | Treaty of Paris |
George Washington was sent with 150 soldiers to ask the French to leave what region that the British claimed was theirs? | Ohio Valley |
What was the name of the fort that George Washington and his men needed to build when attacked by the French in the Ohio Valley | Fort Necessity |
Who organized the Committee of Correspondence which was formed to get information to all colonies quickly | Samuel Adams |
On the night of March 5,1770,five colonists were killed by British soldiers when a angry mob provoked the soldiers. What was this event called? | Boston Massacre |
How many soldiers did King George 3 send to the colonies after the Townshend Act? | 9,000 |
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that all the land between what two landmarks was reserved for Native Americans? | The Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River |