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History: Lesson 5.1 and 5.2 Study Guide
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Vocabulary
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An organization that spread political ideas and information
through the colonies
2.
To cancel an act or law
3.
A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual
4.
Open defiance of authority
5.
An official expression of opinion by a group
6.
Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a
cause
7.
To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or
force acceptance of one’s terms
8.
Court document allowing customs officers to enter any
location to search for smuggled goods
9.
Incoming money from taxes or other sources
Acts and laws imposed on colonists
10.
This act created a government for Canada, and ignored
colonist’s claims to that region
11.
This act taxed imported goods, such as glass, tea, and paper,
before they were brought inside the colonies
12.
This act gave the East India Company an advantage over
colonial merchants
13.
This act forced the colonies to let British soldiers live among
the colonists, banned town meetings in Massachusetts, and
closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea
14.
This act lowered the tax on molasses, but also allowed officers
to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court
15.
This act taxed almost all printed materials, including
newspapers, wills, and even playing cards
16.
This prohibited, or barred, colonists from living west of the
Appalachian Mountains
Conflicts between British and Colonists
17. Paul Revere made an engraving of what event that served as propaganda against the British?
18. How many colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre?
19. After Britain felt the colonists were on the brink of rebellion, what did Parliament do?
20. When Britain closed Boston Harbor, what did the other colonies do to help the people?
21. When the Boston Tea Party occurred, most colonists considered themselves citizens of which nation?
22. Who founded the Sons of Liberty? What did he do to intimidate tax collectors?
23. What was the major act of defiance at Boston Harbor that some colonists celebrated?
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24. Following the Boston Massacre, boycotts helped repeal the
the tax on tea.
Acts, except for