7th grade history test 4 chapter 5 section 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 colonies and territory | After the French and Indian War, the British faced the cahllenge of protectin their interests in the _______ and new _________ they now controlled. |
| Proclamation | With the ________ of 1763, the British government set up new provinces and prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Provinces | With the Proclamation of 1763, the British government set up new _________ and prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Appalachian | With the Proclamation of 1763, the British government set up new provinces and prohibited colonists from moving west of the _____________Mountains |
| troop expenses | Britain needed new revenue to pay ___________, so they issued new taxes on the colonies an began to enforce existing taxes more striclty. |
| Parlaiment | ____________ authorized writs of assistance, which allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods. |
| Sugar | Parliament also passed the _________ Act, which lowered the tax on imported molasses but also let officers seize goods from smugglers without going to court. |
| violated | The colonists belved thes British actions ________ their rights as English citizens. |
| To lower taxes on imported molasses | What was the purpose of the Sugar Act? |
| tax laws | As the Bristish government passed new _______, resistance by the colonists grew. |
| Stamp | In 1765 Parliament passed the ________ Act, which placed a tax on almost all printed material. The colonist opposed this new law. |
| Patrick Henry | ____________ persuaded the Virginia assembly to pass a resolution declaring it had the exclusive right ot tax citizens. |
| effigies | Protesters burned ______ presenting tax collectors and destroyed houses belonging to royal officials |
| British | In colonial cities, people were urged to boycott ________ and European good in protest, and thousands of merchants signed nonimportation agreements. |
| nonimportation agreement | What did thousands of merchansts sign during the boycott? |
| Stamp | Parliament eventually repealed the ______ Act but then passed the Declaratory Act, which stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies in all cases. |
| Townshend | In 1767 Parliament passed a set of laws, known as the ________ Acts, which taxed imported goods. |
| British | Parliament eventually repealed the Townshend Act but then passed the Declaratory Act, which stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the _______ colonies in all cases. |
| Declaratory Act | Which law stated that Parliament had the right ot tax and make decisions for the Brtish colonies "in all Cases"? |
| Samuel Adams | __________ help start an organization called the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act. |
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