Name
SECTION
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SECTION QUIZ
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Date
Colonial Resistance Grows
A. Terms and Names Write the letter of the best answer.
Crispus Attucks
b. Boston Massacre
c. Townshend Acts
d. Boston Tea Party
e. Samuel Adams
f. writs of assistance
a.
On March 5, 1770, British troops fired on a crowd of colonists in an
incident that became known as the
.
2.
In 1767, the
placed duties on numerous imports to the colonies in an
attempt to raise money for troops and other expenses.
3.
permitted British officers to enter
homes and businesses to search for smuggled goods.
4.
One colonist who was angered by the presence of British troops in the
, a leader of the Sons of Liberty.
colonies was
5.
One night, in an event that became known as the
,
a group of colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded three ships in
Boston Harbor and threw the cargoes overboard.
6.
Among the colonists killed in the Boston Massacre was
, who had escaped slavery as a young man by running
away to sea.
B. Extended Response Write a brief answer to the following question.
Explain why committees of correspondence were helpful in organizing colonial
resistance to British policies.
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