USH Ch 3 L3-L5 Review

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Twenty colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre.

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False

Front

Boycotts following the Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts.

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True

Front

The committee of correspondence was a system of letter writing between the colonial governors and the king.

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False

Front

At the time of the Boston Tea Party, most colonists still considered themselves as British citizens.

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True

Front

Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts. True or False?

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False

Front

When Britain learned that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion in 1768, what was Parliament’s response?

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Parliament sent troops to Boston.

Front

Paul Revere’s engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?

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Boston Massacre

Front

Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?

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Tea Act

Front

What was the dramatic act of defiance that some colonists celebrated?

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Boston Tea Party

Front

What was the colonial name for laws that banned town meetings in New England?

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Intolerable Acts