Mid-Term Exam Part B Flashcards
What is the name of the tax that was placed on molasses, sugar, wine and coffee?
Sugar Act
What is a set of laws or acts that were meant to gain greater control of Massachusetts or to punish the people of the colony?
Intolerable Acts or Coercive Act
What is the name given to goods that could only be sent to England?
Enumerated goods
What two problems did Great Britain have to deal with after the French and Indian War?
- War debt
2. Cost of defending new land
What is the name of the fugitive slave that was killed during the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What was the organization which met for the first time in 1775 and demanded a change in British policies, their rights as English subjects and the intolerable acts repealed?
1st continental congress
What was the name of the piece of paper that was a search warrant?
Writs of Assistance
What is the incident where colonist dressed as Indians - boarded ships in Boston Harbor and threw tea into the bay?
Boston Tea Party
What act would force colonist to pay taxes in gold or silver?
Currency Act
What is the organization of colonist who staged riots and destroyed offices and buildings of royal officials?
Sons of Liberty
What act would give British merchants a monopoly on selling tea in America?
Tea Act
What tax was placed on all paper products?
Stamp act
What act required colonial authorities to provide barracks and supplies for British troops stationed in America?
Quartering Act
What incident occurred where a number of colonist were killed in Boston, - - but the incident was blown way out of proportion?
Boston Massacre
What is the name of the economical and political theory where a nation tries to gain greater wealth and power than it’s rivals?
Mercantile Theory
