MA and the Origins of the revolution---[MA Massacre, Tea act, Townshend act, Stamp Act]---Section 2

Question 1

What did The Massachusetts Gov. Act do?

Answer 1

Gave more power to the Royal Throne and limited town meetings to once a year

Question 2

The Administration of Justice act did what?

Answer 2

It Allowed the movement of royal officials and troops trials if he thought they were unjust

Question 3

What did the port act do?

Answer 3

It Closed the ports of Boston until the colonies repaid the East India Trading Co. for damages of property

Question 4

The Sons of Liberty committed the Boston Tea Party because of what?

Answer 4

Tea Act

Question 5

Who Defended the British soldiers that committed the Boston Massacre

Answer 5

John Adams

Question 6

The Boston Massacre was also known as

Answer 6

Bloody Massacre

Question 7

On September 5, 1774, delegates from all colonies save Georgia gathered at the First Continental Congress to

Answer 7

debate redefining the colonies’ relationship with Great Britain.

Question 8

The cost of the Seven Years’ War prompted Great Britain to

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tax the colonies

Question 9

Some colonists argued that Parliament did not have the right to tax the colonies, only their _______________ had that right

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elected colonial legislatures

Question 10

Angered by their treatment in the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War, Native American tribes in the Ohio territory

Answer 10

challenged British control of the region.

Question 11

Pontiac’s War forced British government officials to

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consider Native concerns and land claims.

Question 12

Royal Proclamation of 1763 forbade all American settlement of _________ to satisfy Native American retaliation

Answer 12

The west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 13

The Treaty of Paris was

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The official end of the war

Question 14

Primary causes for the revolutionary war can be traced back to

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the Seven Years’ War

Question 15

The Tea Act of 1773 allowed the EIC(East India Company) a

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severely undercut its competition while still charging the three-pence tax on tea.

Question 16

Shortly after the Boston Massacre, in April 1770, the American colonists learned of

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the partial repeal of the Townshend Acts.

Question 17

While the Declaratory Act had established Parliament’s supreme authority over the colonies, including the right to levy taxes, the Townshend Acts further decreased

Answer 17

colonial autonomy.

Question 18

The Townshend act Included

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tax on imported items like glass, paper, paint, oil, lead, and tea. Acts also sought to create a system to enforce trade
regulations more effectively.

Question 19

On August 1, 1768, Boston-based merchants and traders pledged not to import or export British trade goods. Known as the

Answer 19

Boston Non-Importation Agreement, (boycotts like this were among the most effective methods of colonial opposition to British actions)

Question 20

Women’s refusal to serve tea, coupled with the proud adoption of homespun cloth, demonstrated their opposition to British policy; Was done by

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the Daughters of Liberty

Question 21

John Adams, John Hancock, and other patriot leaders feared that their

Answer 21

Crowds would get out of hand

Question 22

The Sons of Liberty were originally meant in response to

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The Stamp Act

Question 23

Samuel Adams noted that residents of coastal towns were

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better informed of current events than those residing in the interior of the shores.

Question 24

Adams created the first of many committees of correspondence to

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spreading news and writing related to the Patriot cause throughout the colony and build an underground network for communication among Patriot leaders.

Question 25

Lord North assumed that the

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colonists would happily accept the reduced cost of tea, but they reacted with suspicion and anger.

Question 26

Angered by the destruction of property in Boston Harbor, Parliament fired back with the

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Coercive Acts. Intended to punish unruly Massachusetts and reverse the trend of colonial resistance, this legislation, which was passed in 1774, directly responded to the Boston Tea Party.

Question 27

The Quartering Act Did what,

Answer 27

it act allowed the governor to house soldiers in suitable, unoccupied buildings.

Question 28

Patriots Referred to _________________ acts as intolerable

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The Quartering Act, The Administration of Justice act, The Port Act, The Massachusetts Gov. Act , and Quebec Act

Question 29

Parliament did not intend the _________ as a response to the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 29

Quebec Act

Question 30

Rather, by expanding the boundary of Quebec into the Ohio Valley and recognizing the Catholic Church as the established church, Parliament intended to pacify the predominantly Catholic population of the region acquired from the French at the end of the Seven Years’ War; Was the result of the

Answer 30

Qubec Act

Question 31

Overwhelmingly Protestant, the Patriots viewed the Quebec Act as

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a hostile act

Question 32

The Quebec act set up an

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appointive council to make decisions for the Quebec colony rather than an elected body.

Question 33

A shared cultural tradition of Puritan resistance from the earliest settlers made many in Massachusetts more

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tolerant of disobeying authority than elsewhere in the colonies

Question 34

The lack of fertile land caused many to move to Cities like Boston for jobs causing

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Competition for jobs with moonlighting soldiers further aggravated the plight of the city’s poor.

Question 35

After a period of ________wherein the British government largely allowed the American colonies to control their affairs and avoided the strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, the cost of the Seven Years’ War prompted the British government to adopt new trade policies.

Answer 35

salutary neglect

Question 36

The ______ of 1765 imposed a direct tax on the British colonies, requiring that many printed materials be produced on stamped paper made in London.

Answer 36

Stamp Act

Question 37

Taxed materials from the Stamp Act Included ________

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legal documents, magazines, playing cards, and newspapers. All contracts, including deeds, wills, and marriage licenses, needed a stamp to be a viable legal document and recognized in court.

Question 38

Stamp Act Prompted taxes to be paid in

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British currency rather than colonial paper money.

Question 39

the Continental Congress first gathered ( as the first elected individuals from different states to)

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To question the lawfulness of the Stamp Act since it did not include colonial representatives.

Question 40

After a period of debate, the Congress released a set of _________ That

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1) resolutions and sent petitions to King George III and both houses of Parliament. 2) recognized Parliament’s right to make laws to govern the colonies. However, they disputed Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.

Question 41

the Sugar Act and Currency Act were collected at

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ports, so they were easily circumvented and less visible to the consumer.

Question 42

The Stamp Act required

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a stamp on nearly every piece of paper used in the colonies, and so the colonists could not ignore it.

Question 43

In February 1766, Parliament voted to _____the Stamp Act. Widespread boycotts of English goods organized by individual colonists likely did more to influence Parliament than the resolves issued by the Stamp Act Congress.

Answer 43

repeal

Question 44

The colonists celebrated their successful opposition to the hated tax with items emblazoned with

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“Stamp Act Repealed!”

Question 45

British Member of Parliament George Grenville argued a theory called

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“virtual representation.”

Question 46

According to Grenville’s theory, the American colonists—like the thousands of British subjects who did not have the vote or like those residing in towns not represented in Parliament—were

Answer 46

virtually represented within Parliament.

Question 47

Political thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic found the concept of _______ Laughable

Answer 47

“virtual representation.”

Question 48

William Pitt, a Whig Member of Parliament and Grenville’s brother-in-law, described “virtual representation.” as

Answer 48

as “the most contemptible idea that ever entered the head of a man.”

Question 49

Dulany, like many other colonial thinkers, focused on the _____________ Rather than

Answer 49

distance between the colonies and London.

Question 50

Dulany, like many other colonial thinkers, focused on the _____________ Rather than “virtual representation.”

Answer 50

distance between the colonies and London.

Question 51

Immediately following the repeal of the Stamp Act, Parliament swiftly passed the _________asserting Parliament’s power “to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever.”

Answer 51

Declaratory Act