Unit 2 Quiz

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  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763

    forbade all settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sugar-and-stamp-acts.htm#:~:text=Enacted%20on%20April%205%2C%201764,importation%20of%20all%20foreign%20rum.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. Unlike the other founding documents, the Declaration of Independence is not legally binding, but it is powerful.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government.
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

    outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.