Us History Study Guide

Define: Proclamation of 1763

British law that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Define: Parliament

British lawmaking body

Define: Boycott

An agreement not to buy or use certain goods

Define: Townshend Acts

Taxes placed on imported goods such as glass, paper, and tea

Define: Boston Massacre

The killing of colonists by British soldiers in Boston

Define: Boston Tea Party

Protest in which colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

Define: Tea Act

Law that gave the British East India Company an advantage in selling tea

Define: Intolerable Acts

Laws passed to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party

Define: Sons of Liberty

Colonial group that organized protests against British policies

Define: Declaration of Independence

Document explaining why the colonies declared independence

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to prevent colonists from _________.

Settlement

The British were especially concerned about their national _________ after the French and Indian

Debt

The British government believed the colonies should help pay for the costs of the _________.

War

Parliament was the British _________ that made laws.

Legislature

Colonists sometimes used _________ and non-importation agreements to pressure Britain to repeal taxes.

Boycotts

Proclamation of 1763
What was the colonists response?

Colonists ignored the restrictions and moved west anyway.

Townshend Acts
What was the colonists response?

Colonists organized widespread boycotts of British goods.

Boston Massacre
What was the colonists response?

Anti-British feelings rose and united the colonies.

Tea Act
What was the colonists response?

Colonists blocked British tea ships from unloading cargo.

Boston Tea Party
What was the colonists response?

The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

Intolerable Acts
What was the colonists response?

The colonies united and formed the First Continental Congress.

The British _________ made laws for Great Britain and its colonies.

Parliament

A _________ is an agreement to stop buying a particular product.

Boycott

The colonists who resisted British rule were called _________ by King George III.

Rebels

Paul Revere's image of the Boston Massacre was an example of _________.

Propaganda

The Tea Act gave the British East India Company an advantage that colonists viewed as a _________.

Monopoly

The Declaration of Independence listed the colonists' _________ against King George III.

Grievances

The Declaration of Independence states that people have certain _________.

Unalienable rights

The _________ was a group that organized resistance to British policies.

Sons of Liberty

True or false:

Boycotts were sometimes successful in pressuring Parliament to repeal taxes.

True

True or false:

The Intolerable Acts reduced tensions between Britain and the colonies.

False

True or false:
The Olive Branch Petition was an attempt by the colonists to avoid complete separation from Britain.

True

True or false:
King George III accepted the Olive Branch Petition.

False

True or false:
The Sons of Liberty existed only in Massachusetts.

False

True or false:

The Boston Massacre increased anti-British feelings among many colonists.

True

True or false:
The Tea Act directly caused the Boston Tea Party.

True

True or false:
The Intolerable Acts were partly intended to punish Massachusetts.

True