British Acts & Taxes

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This act was a tax on everyday imported household items such as glass, paper, paint, & tea.

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Townshend Act

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A widespread refusal to buy goods as a form of protest is called a(n):

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boycott

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These acts were passed to punish Massachusetts colony after the Boston Tea Party: Intolerable Acts, Townshend Acts, Declaratory Act

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Intolerable Acts

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Taxes on commercial shipping and all paper items occurred under the ___________ Act.

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Stamp

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British law that required colonists to house and supply British soldiers was called the:

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Quartering Act

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To sneak goods into a country is called:

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smuggling

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These were groups that helped spread information among the colonies: Continental Congress, committees of correspondence, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty

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committees of correspondence

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A colonial group that encouraged colonists to burn stamps and attack tax collectors was called the:

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Sons of Liberty

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This law forbid the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains:

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Proclamation of 1763

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repeal means to: (Ex. The Stamp Act was repealed.)

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do away with