How did the increase in the number of British troops help cause the Boston Massacre?
Boston citizens were angered by British soldiers who camped on Boston Commons. Many soldiers took second jobs. This took jobs away from colonists.
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What was the British law requiring colonists to purchase a stamp for official documents and published papers called?
The Stamp Act
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What does repeal mean?
to cancel or nullify, especially a law
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How did the Townshend Acts affect the government of the colonies?
The acts moved governors and judges from colonial payrolls to royal payrolls.
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What is a duty?
a tax on imports
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Why were many colonists against writs of assistance?
The writs allowed and justified searches without cause.
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What media did Samuel Adams and other Patriots use to circulate their ideas?
Through printed letters and committees of correspondence. They also used broadsides and illustrated prints, such as The Bloody Massacre in King Street by Paul R
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What right of the colonists did the British governor limit when he disbanded the Massachusetts Assembly?
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What was the Boston Massacre?
the 1770 incident in which British soldiers fired on locals who had been taunting them
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What do you call a a form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services?
boycott
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?
a law requiring colonists to stay east of a line drawn on a map along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
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Why did the British government need extra revenue in 1763
Britain had to recoup the costs of its victory in the French and Indian War