Pre - Revolutionary War

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

Law

Question 2

Levy

Answer 2

To raise money for taxes.

Question 3

Mercantilism

Answer 3

The theory that a state’s power depends on it’s wealth.

Question 4

Parliament

Answer 4

The law making body of Britain, like our congress.

Question 5

Navigation Acts

Answer 5

Laws passed by English to control colonial trade. (1660)

Question 6

King Phillips War

Answer 6

Distrust and tension bettween setters and native americans. (1675)

Question 7

Woolen Act

Answer 7

Prohibited the colonial exports of wool or wool products. (1699)

Question 8

Molasses Act

Answer 8

Levied a large duty on foreign sugar, molasses, and rum. (1733)

Question 9

Iron Act

Answer 9

Prohibited building of new colonial iron plants. Prohibited colonial import duties on iron bought from britain. (1750)

Question 10

French and Indian War

Answer 10

War fought between Great Britain, French, and Indians.(1754-1753)

Question 11

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 11

Official announcement from the British goverment that ended all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. (1763)

Question 12

Sugar Act

Answer 12

To put a tax on foreign molasses and sugar. (1764)

Question 13

Currency Act

Answer 13

The act where the parliment of Great Britain deside how much paper money is being made/ make a currency. (1751)

Question 14

Quartering Act

Answer 14

Required colonists to pay for quartering

(houseing and feeding) british soldiers in the area. (1765)

Question 15

Stamp Act

Answer 15

A law passes by British Parliment that foced people to pay tax on itens such as newspapers and legal documents. (1765)

Question 16

Declaratory Act

Answer 16

The Parliament had the right to rule and tax colonies. (1766)

Question 17

Townshend Act

Answer 17

Law passes by British Parliament that placed import duties on tea, paper, glass, and paint. (1767)

Question 18

Writs of Assistance

Answer 18

Written orders that allowed officials to conduct unrestricted serched for suspected smuggled goods; Blank serch warrants. (1761-1762)

Question 19

Sons of Liberty

Answer 19

A small band of angry colonists formed a protest group. They burned piles of the stamps. (1765)

Question 20

Samuel Adams

Answer 20

He lead the goston protesters who destroed a ships cargo of east indian tea.

Question 21

John Hancock

Answer 21

He was the president of the second continental congress, and signed the DOI first.

Question 22

Patrick Henry

Answer 22

He was a hot-tempered lawyer. He called the stamp act illegal and proposed several resolutions aginst it.

Question 23

Daughters of Liberty

Answer 23

They signed pledges against drinking tea and published notices in the local news papers promising they would not buy Britain made cloths. ()

Question 24

Boston Massacre

Answer 24

Dockworkers throw snowballs at british guards that started a fight. (1770)

Question 25

Commites of Correspondence

Answer 25

Organized network for passing along news of british activity to the colonies. (1772)

Question 26

Tea Act

Answer 26

It gave the East India Compony exclusive rights to sell tea directaly to the americans with out paing the british import tax. (1773)

Question 27

Boston Tea Party

Answer 27

Ships were carrying 500,000 pounds of East India Compony tea. 300 chests of valuble tea was thrown of board. (1773)

Question 28

Coercive/Intolerable Acts

Answer 28

THe provisions of the act were so harsh that the called it the intolarable acts. The whole boston and colonys of massuchucets were punised for the crimes done. (1774)

Question 29

Quebec Act

Answer 29

This act extended the canadian providence of quebec south to the ohio river. It also allowed french Canadians to keep law, languegue, and roman catholic religon. (1774)

Question 30

1st Continental Congress

Answer 30

A call went out for delegates from each colonie to meet and discuss their common concerns. There were 56 delegates.

Question 31

John Locke

Answer 31

He was a writer. He wrote about the social contract that people made with their goverment.