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Social Studies Test
Boston Tea Party
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Debts | Unpaid bills |
| Acts | Passing a number of Laws |
| Taxation without Representation | Forcing people to pay taxes when they have no say in making the law that created the tax |
| Protest | To complain publicly about something that people believe is wrong or unfair |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Native Americans could have all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and that settlers could not move there |
| The Quartering Act | It ordered colonists to provide "quarters" for British soldiers |
| The Stamp Act | Required colonists to pay a tax on printed papers |
| Stamp Act Congress | A special meeting in New York |
| Daughters of Liberty | A group of women in Boston that protested the Stamp tax. They wore their own clothes because they refused to buy British cloth |
| Repealed | To take back or cancel a law |
| Boston Port Act | It closed the Boston Harbor. Trade ships were forbidden to enter or leave the harbor until the lost tea was paid for |
| What caused the First Continental Congress to meet? | Leaders from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss the problems with Britain |
| Summarize the events that led up to the Boston Massacre | On March 5th, 1770 the colonist were mad. The bad feelings in Boston erupted into violence.People were throwing snowballs and stones at the soldiers.One soldier thought he heard a gun shot and then all of the soldiers started shooting. 5 killed/6 wounded |
| Why did Sam Adams and Paul Revere design the copper engraving of the Boston Massacre like they did? | To make sure the news of the massacre spread throughout the colonies |
| Summarize the Proclamation of 1763. | Native Americans could have all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and that settlers could not move there.Fighting caused it. To stop the fighting b/tw the Indian and the settlers. People simply ignored it and con't to move west. |
| Summarize the French and Indian War | Britain and France both claimed the Ohio River Valley. Britain and France fought in war. Britain won |
| What 3 countries often fought each other to gain more territory around the world | Britain, France and Spain |
| In North America, which two of these countries both claimed the Ohio River Valley? | Britain and France |
| For what reasons did each of these countries want the Ohio River Valley | British settlers wanted to farm the rich soil there. French wanted to trap beavers so that they could trade their furs |
| The argument over the Ohio River Valley eventually turned into a war that lasted almost 10 years. On one side were the colonists, thousands of British soldiers, and Native Americans and on the other side were ??? | French |
| Why did the British lose many battles at first? | Their bright red uniforms |
| What changed this? | British troops captured the City |
| Britain won all of the land between the __________ and the _____________. | Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountain |
| When they won this land, what huge problems were created | Left British with unpaid bills called Debt |
| What is debt | unpaid bills |
| After the French and Indian War, many people moved _____? | West |
| How did the Native Americans feel about this and how did they react? | They ignored them and feared them. |
| Why was the Proclamation of 1763 passed and what did it say | Native Americans could have all of the land west of the Appalachians and the settlers could not move there |
| How did the colonists feel about this law (Proclamation of 1763) and how did they react | They disliked this law. Many simply ignored it. |
| What is British Parliament? | the law making part of the British gov't |
| What did the Quartering Act require colonists to do for the British soldiers? | Places to live, food, fuel, candles, and transportation |
| The colonists were _______ about the quartering act so they treated the soldiers __________. | Angry / badly |
| What three things caused Britain to pass the Stamp Act? | Debts that they had to pay, pay for soldiers in America, pay soldiers that are retired |
| The Stamp Act said that the colonists would have to pay a tax on ________. | Printed paper |
| To prove that it was paid, almost every piece of paper would have to show a large blue stamp. Some of the items that were taxed were ? | pamphlets, marriage licenses, newspapers, playing cards |
| News of the Stamp Act made the colonists furious because of these two reasons: | 1.) They didn't want to pay for things they used every day 2.) They had no saying in making law |
| How did colonists show their anger? | Some of them refused to buy the stamps, some protested in the street and times square and some tried to scare off tax collectors |
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