Ch 6 Flashcards
1
Q
On March 5 1770 a fight between a crowd of snowball-throwing Bostonians and armed British troops that left five Americans dead became known as the
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Boston Masacre
2
Q
As a result of the Townshed Acts of 1767, Parliament
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Raised customs duties(import on taxes) on paper, lead, paint and tea
3
Q
Passage of the Declaratory Act by Parliament
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Asserted Parliament’s power to enact laws for the colonies in “all cases whatsoever”
4
Q
In response to the “Boston Tea Party” the British government
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Closed the port of Boston
5
Q
The 1773 Tea Act enabled the East India Company to
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Ship its tea directly to North America; underselling smuggled Dutch tea
