Chapter 9 Parliament & Protest

What is a Standing Army?

• An army that never sleeps.

• A professional army that exists even in peacetime.

• An army of volunteers which "stands" when needed.

• An army of citizens that is ready at a minute's notice.

The Stamp Act of 1764 actually raised taxes on molasses.

• TRUE

• FALSE

One way of protesting is refusing to purchase products from England, this is called __________.

• An act of treason.

• salutary neglect.

• a boycott.

• prudent spending.

James Otis and Samuel Adams both agreed that there should be "No taxation without ____________."

Two secret societies that organized protests against the King and England were called the Sons of ______ and the Daughters of _____________.

• Freedom

• Independence

• Liberty

• the Revolution

This man was killed at the Boston Massacre and was the son of an African American and a Native American.

• Crispus Attucks

• John Adams

• Josiah Quincy

• Patrick Henry

The Boston Tea Party was not only about taxes, but it gave this company a monopoly on the tea trade in the American colonies.

• British Tea & Coffee

• British East India Company

• Earl Gray Tea Company

• Lipton International Tea

King George pushed parliament to pass the Coercive Acts in reaction to the Boston Tea Party. In the colonies these acts were called _____________.

• Cruelty Acts

• Hostile Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Misfortune Acts

This act forced American colonists to house and feed British soldiers in their homes.

• What is the Army Act?

• What is the Housing Act?

• What is the Quartering Act?

• What is the Quebec Act?

What is Salutary Neglect?

• Failing to say, "Hello."

• a time when the British government did not enforce tax laws

• a time when the British government strictly enforced tax laws

• a time when Massachusetts forgot to pay its taxes