Flashcard on Pre-Revolutionary America

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What was the main reason Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766? Options: The French and Indian War, The Boston Massacre, The Tea Act, The colonists' boycotts and protests

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The colonists' boycotts and protests

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Who convinced Parliament to pass the Townshend Acts?

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Charles Townshend

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What did the Townshend Acts tax?

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Glass, lead, and tea

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What was the Boston Non-Importation Agreement?

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A boycott of British goods

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What event is known as the Boston Massacre?

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British soldiers firing into a crowd and killing five colonists

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What was the purpose of Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre?

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To create anti-British sentiment

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What did the Tea Act of 1773 do?

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Gave the British East India Company control over the tea trade

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What was the colonists' response to the Tea Act?

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They boycotted British tea and held the Boston Tea Party

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What were the Intolerable Acts?

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A series of laws that closed Boston ports and banned town meetings

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What was the First Continental Congress?

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A gathering of colonial representatives to respond to the Intolerable Acts