Road To The Revolution

Question 1

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 1

an order in which Britain prohibited it’s American colonists from setting west of the Appalachian mountains.

Question 2

George Greenville

Answer 2

The prime minister that King George the chose to server in 1763

Question 3

King George III

Answer 3

King of Great Britain

Question 4

Navigation acts

Answer 4

a series of Acts passed in the English Parliament in 1651,1660 & 1663. The colonies represented a lucrative source of wealth and trade. The Navigation Acts were designed to regulate colonial trade and enabled England to collect duties

Question 5

Writs of assistance

Answer 5

In 1760, governor Bernard of Massachusetts authorized the use by revenue officers of writs of assistance. Writs of assistance were documents which served as a general search warrant, allowing customs officials to enter any ship or building that they suspected for any reason might hold smuggled goods.

Question 6

Admiralty courts

Answer 6

Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offenses.

Question 7

Stamp act

Answer 7

an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act’s repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown.

Question 8

Samuel Adams

Answer 8

Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Question 9

Sons of Liberty

Answer 9

The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. They played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765.

Question 10

Boycott

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is the organized refusal to purchase goods or services in protest of the policies of the firm or country that produces it.

Question 11

Mob action

Answer 11

acting together with one or more persons and without authority of law [ (knowingly) (intentionally) (recklessly) ] disturbs the public peace by the use of force or violence.

Question 12

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 12

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

Question 13

Townsend acts

Answer 13

The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed – beginning in 1767 – by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program.

Question 14

Quartering act

Answer 14

Quartering Act is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area.

Question 15

Boston massacre

Answer 15

a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. Examples from the Web for Boston Massacre Expand.

Question 16

Paul revere

Answer 16

Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a Patriot in the American Revolution.