Quiz Chapter 4 - Section 1

Stamp Act

(1765) Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper and imposed special "stamp duties"

Martial law

(1972) Military government involving the suspension of ordinary law.

Boston Massacre

A fight of colonial citizens against Britain in Boston in (1770)

Boston Tea Party

A protest against the British duty on tea. Colonists boarded British ships in Boston harbor and dumped the tea overboard. (1773)

Samuel Adams

American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)

Patrick Henry

American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia.

Townshend Acts

Indirect taxes, or duties levied on imported materials. (1767)

Committees of Correspondence

Shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.

Compare the Stamp Act with the Intolerable Acts. Consider what each called for, Britain's reasons for passing each, and how the colonists responded to each.

The Stamp Act required the colonists to buy special stamped paper. Britain passed this because they needed money. The colonists responded to The Stamp Act by boycotting it. The Intolerable Acts shut down the Boston Harbor and authorized British commanders to house soldiers in private homes. Britain passed this to punish the colonists for throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor. The colonists responded to The Intolerable Acts by boycotting it and going on strike.

King George III

The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

Intolerable Acts

series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in (1774) after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the colonists for throwing a large tea shipment into The Boston Harbor.