Statistics for American History- After French and Indian War, before the Revolution

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  • The average score is 8 of 15

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HintAnswer% Correct
In 1765, The ____ Act forcing colonists to buy special ____s for their letters, cards and newspapersStamp
90%
On December 16, 1773, a group of sailors snuck into a ship moored in Boston harbor and dumped its entire cargo into the bay. It was later called the ___________.Boston Tea Party
88%
On March 5, 1770, a protest in Boston became bloody killing five and wounding six. It was later known as the _______________.Boston Massacre
86%
In 1773, the British passed the ___ act.tea
74%
Merchants in New York organized a _____, or an organized campaign to not buy certain goods, in protest of the acts.Boycott
69%
To enforce the Proclamation from #2, the British established The ________ Act, forcing colonists to keep soldiers in their homes.Quartering
69%
This well-known Massachusetts lawyer defended the soldiers in court, who had killed the protestors.John Adams.
66%
His cousin, ______ established Committees of Correspondance, which kept colonists informed on British actions.Samuel Adams
59%
________ was an Indian chief who waged a rebellion against the British in May 1763Pontiac
52%
In October 1765, delegates sent a _____, or a written request to a government, to the king.Petition
48%
To prevent settlers from settling the backcountry, the British issues the Proclamation of _____1763
43%
In 1764, the British place a ___, or import tax on Sugar called The Sugar ActDuty
41%
In September 1774, the ______ met and demanded the end of the acts, known as the intolerable acts.First Continental Congress
24%
The British gave __________________ in the colonies, or court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying what they were searching for.Writs of Assistance
9%
British Prime Minister ___________ said that the colonists should not object to the act from the above question.Frederick North
3%

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