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Sam Adams • A. Started the Sons of Liberty as a response to the Stamp and later the Tea Act • B. Created the committee of correspondence as a response to the stamp act • C 2nd president of the United States • D. Organized the Stamp Act to fairly tax the colonist • A. Created the Sons of Liberty in response to the Stamp Act and later the Tea Act Proclamation of 1763 • A. Required colonist to house soldiers • B. Reserved land west of Appalachian Mts. for Native Americans • C. proclaimed freedom for the Native Americans • D. Reserved lands west of the Appalachians for the French The Quartering Act • A. Imposed a small indirect taxes of paper goods • B. charged a quarter in taxes for all imported goods • C. required colonist to house British soldiers • D. all of the above C . Required colonist to house British soldiers Boston Tea Party A. Native Americans who took part in the destruction of 342 chests of tea B. Where Bostonians tried to reduce the Tea Act C. Organized by the Sons of Liberty to protest the Tea Act D. A celebration of the elimination of the Tea Act Boston Tea Party • Organized by the Sons of Liberty to protest the Tea Act Lexington • A. City where the First Continental Congress took place • B. British military headquarters • C. Where the first shots were fired in what became the Revolutionary War Lexington • Where the first shots were fired in what became the revolutionary war Townshend Act • A. Imposed a tax on all colonial made goods • B. Imposed a tax on sugar and molasses • C. Imposed small indirect taxes on glass, lead, Paper, and tea • D. Imposed a tax on income Philadelphia • A. place where the colonist stored their ammunition • B. hometown of George Washington • C. place of the first battle of the Revolution • D. city where the First Continental Congress took place City where the First Continental Congress took place Intolerable Acts • A. Acts forced upon the Colonist so that they wouldn’t smuggle • B. called the Coercive Acts they forced colonist to buy British goods • C. Acts forced upon the colonists to get them to buy tea • D. Called the Coercive Acts, they tried to force the colonist to pay for the tea lost at the Boston Tea Party Paul Revere • A. warned Philadelphia that the British were coming • B. Patriot, engraver, silversmith • C. Organized the Committee of Correspondence in Boston to protest the tea act • D Wrote Common Sense Stamp Act • A. Imposed small indirect taxes on glass, lead, paper, and tea • B. required colonist to pay taxes on playing cards & marriage licenses • C. placed a tax on all sales in Boston • D. imposed a tax on imported goods Minutemen A. Members of the colonial militia B. Selected members for special assignments C. Highly trained soldiers D. Loyalist trained to be ready at a moments notice MINUTEMEN • Members of the colonial militia First Continental Congress • A. A meeting of representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies • B. Where James Otis made his famous speech • C. ruled out forming militias in favor of one big army • D. Where Georgia gave up power in favor of one political body Name one effect of the French and Indian War • A. The French and Indian war, won by France embarrassed Britain. • B The French and Indian War allowed the colonies to run their own affairs • C. The French and Indian War helped Britain have better relations with Native Americans • D. The French and Indian War placed Great Britain in Debt D. The French and Indian War placed Great Britain in debt