American History Vocab Quiz Unit 1

Organization of colonial women formed to protest British policies

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Convened on September 5, 1774, to protest the Intolerable Acts.

• First Continental Congress

• Battle at Trenton

• Second Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence

An act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Act

Law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies

• Common Sense

• Salutary Neglect

• Proclamation of 1763

• Bill of Rights

War in North America between France and Britain (both aided by Indian tribes)

• French and Indian War

• Battle at Trenton

• Battle at Saratoga

• Battle at Lexington and Concord

Which act imposed taxes on imported goods such as glass, paper, and tea in the American colonies?

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

What was the name of the secret organization formed to oppose British taxation and policies in the colonies?

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

• Patriots

• Federalists

Which event involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against the Tea Act?

• Battle at Lexington and Concord

• Boston Tea Party

• First Continental Congress

• Intolerable Acts

Law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Federalist Papers

• U.S. Constitution

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaration of Independence