Chapter 9 Parliament & Protest

What is a Standing Army?

• An army that never sleeps.

• A professional army that exists even in peacetime.

• An army of volunteers which "stands" when needed.

• An army of citizens that is ready at a minute's notice.

The Stamp Act of 1764 actually raised taxes on molasses.

• TRUE

• FALSE

One way of protesting is refusing to purchase products from England, this is called __________.

• An act of treason.

• salutary neglect.

• a boycott.

• prudent spending.

James Otis and Samuel Adams both agreed that there should be "No taxation without (a)   ."

Two secret societies that organized protests against the King and England were called the Sons of ______ and the Daughters of _____________.

• Freedom

• Independence

• Liberty

• the Revolution

This man was killed at the Boston Massacre and was the son of an African American and a Native American.

• Crispus Attucks

• John Adams

• Josiah Quincy

• Patrick Henry

The Boston Tea Party was not only about taxes, but it gave this company a monopoly on the tea trade in the American colonies.

• British Tea & Coffee

• British East India Company

• Earl Gray Tea Company

• Lipton International Tea

King George pushed parliament to pass the Coercive Acts in reaction to the Boston Tea Party. In the colonies these acts were called _____________.

• Cruelty Acts

• Hostile Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Misfortune Acts

This act forced American colonists to house and feed British soldiers in their homes.

• What is the Army Act?

• What is the Housing Act?

• What is the Quartering Act?

• What is the Quebec Act?

What is Salutary Neglect?

• Failing to say, "Hello."

• a time when the British government did not enforce tax laws

• a time when the British government strictly enforced tax laws

• a time when Massachusetts forgot to pay its taxes