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American Revolution
These flash cards cover the important Acts and events for S.S. at Salmon Bay
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Social Studies
8th Grade
10/13/2012

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After the repeal of the Stamp Act, what act asserted British parliament's full power over the colonies?
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Declaratory Act of 1766
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What act required the colonists to pay a tax on all newspapers, deeds, documents & contracts?
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Stamp Act of 1765.
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What law required the colonists to provide housing, food & supplies for British troops.
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Quartering act of 1765
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Name the political group of patriots formed in 1765 that actively led protest against British laws
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Sons of Liberty
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What series of laws forbid colonists from shipping and trading with countries other than Britain?
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Navigation Acts.
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What act levied tax on imported molasses and goods? It led to protest, boycotts of British goods
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Sugar Act of 1764
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Name the revenue raising laws that led to unrest in Boston, and later to the Boston Massacre?
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Townshend Acts of 1767.
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What act prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
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Proclamation Act of 1763.
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At the __________, delegates from twelve colonies met at Philadelphia to oppose the intolerable Acts:
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First Continental Congress
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The series of laws passed to punish Massachusetts in response to the Boston Tea Party were called.
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