Matching Quiz on Events leading to the American Revolution

Matching Exercise

Match each item on the left with the correct answer on the right

As it repealed the Stamp Act, Parliament passed this law in 1766 stating that it had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
Passed in 1764 by Parliament to stop the smuggling between the colonies and the French West Indies by lowering the tax on molasses imported into the colonies. It also established special courts to hear smuggling cases and so alarmed the colonists.
Legal documents that allowed soldiers to search homes for smuggled goods.
Group formed to organize protests to the Stamp Act.
Pledges by merchants, farmers and others not to buy or use goods that came from Great Britain. British merchants lost so much business due to this boycott that they begged Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.
Request sent to George III by delegates of the Second Continental Congress to ask the king to protect the colonists' rights and assure the king that the colonists truly wanted peace.
Pamphlet that called for complete independence from Britian. This pamphlet inspired thousands of Americans that their cause was "the cause of all mankind."
Laws passed by Parliament that set new taxes on imported goods such as glass, tea, paper, and lead. The plan was to use some of the money raised to pay the colonial governors' salariies.
Laws passed to make Massachusetts suffer for the Boston Tea Party. Parliament closed the port of Boston, increased the Governor's powers and allowed the British army to station troops in citizens' homes.

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