Flashcard on American History

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Why did the British enact the Proclamation of 1763?

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to prevent Native Americans and settlers from fighting over land

Front

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act? Options: “The rights of Englishmen”, “Give me liberty or give me death”, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, “No taxation without representation“

Back

“No taxation without representation“

Front

Colonists boycotted which of the following items? wool, sugar, and paper, lumber, cotton, and iron, corn, wheat, and barley, leather, corn, and cotton

Back

wool, sugar, and paper

Front

Which is true of the Sugar Act?

Back

It made it easier to collect the tax on molasses.

Front

Who is known as a founder of the Sons of Liberty?

Back

Samuel Adams

Front

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

Back

Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.

Front

Which of the following laws most helped to trigger the Boston Massacre?
Options:
the Tea Act,
the Sugar Act,
the Stamp Act,
the Quartering Act

Back

the Tea Act

Front

Who were the Loyalists?

Back

people who wanted to remain subjects of Great Britain

Front

How did the Sons of Liberty use the Boston Massacre to promote their movement?

Back

They portrayed the British as the aggressors.

Front

What did the British government do in response to the Boston Tea Party? Options: It sent more troops to Boston., It closed the port of Boston., It repealed the law., It passed the Tea Act.

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It repealed the law.