Unit 2

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Why did the British government instate the Stamp Act?

Back

King George III expected the colonists to help payoff the debt from the French and Indian War.

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Following the French and Indian War, how did the colonists react to the taxes imposed on them by Great Britain?

Back

They resented (disliked) the taxes because they did not have representation in Parliament, which made the laws.

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What was the Tea Act?

Back

A British law that gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in the American colonies.

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What was the Quartering Act?

Back

A law that required colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers stationed in the American colonies.

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What were the Townshend Acts?

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The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1767 that imposed taxes on imported goods in the American colonies.

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What was the Sugar Act?

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A law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 that imposed taxes on sugar and other goods imported into the American colonies.

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What was the Stamp Act?

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The Stamp Act was a tax imposed on the colonists on any printed material.

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What was the Proclamation of 1763?

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A British law that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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What were the The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

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Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party

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Which of the following statements best explains an outcome (result) of the Boston Massacre? Options: The Boston Massacre had no impact on the relationship between the American colonists and the British government, Improved relations between the American colonists and the British government, The American colonists were responsible for the Boston Massacre.

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Increased tensions between the American colonists and the British government