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What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• an agreement between the French and British giving all of North America to the British

• a boundary for the American Colonies stopping colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• a law that required all colonist to join state militias

• an order by the king to close all ports in the colonies until the tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for

Why did England have a need to raise taxes on the colonies? 

• King George wanted to make the colonies pay for their rebellious behavior
• England needed money to pay for an upcoming war against the Spanish
• England was heavily in debt from the French and Indian War
• The cost of slaves had risen in England and the economy of England was failing

What did the Stamp Act do?

• Taxed all paper products and required all printing to be done on “stamped” paper
• Required all new colonist to have a passport before leaving England
• Made it illegal to print newspapers without government approval
• Put duties on sending letters and packages to England

What were the Townshend Acts?

• A number of offensive actions by Parliament designed to prove that the colonies served England
• A collection of laws that put control of colonial governments in the hands of England
• A group of letters sent from English leaders to colonial governors that offended colonist in Boston
• A series of taxes or duties placed on certain items imported from England such as glass, paint, paper and tea

What was the Boston Massacre?

• a protest or riot that resulted in British Soldiers firing on unarmed colonist
• the mass executions of rebellious leaders in Boston
• a small battle between rebel leaders and red coats outside Boston
• the large explosion set off by a British navel attack on the Sons of Liberty

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• it was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act
• It was Boston's response to the Intolerable acts
• It was when the colonists dumped 342 chest of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act
• It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston

What was the name of the patriot leaders who led the Boston Tea Party?

• The Mohawks
• The Freedom Fighters
• The Sons of Liberty
• The Sons of the American Revolution

What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

• to raise money to pay off war debts
• to give more rights to colonist
• to prepare for war with the French
• to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

What was the ultimate goal of Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die cartoon?

• to convince the colonies to unite against Britain

• to keep the colonies from exporting goods on their own

• To kill all snakes that you see

• to enable each colony to tax individually

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonial settlers could not go __________________ of the Appalachians Mountains.

• North

• South

• East

• West