one of several British laws that required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America
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What methods did some merchants in the English colonies probably use to get around the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, and the Stamp Act?
Merchants in the colonies may have smuggled or hidden their goods, falsified their tax documents, bartered for goods, or tried to use illegal colonial money.
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What do you call a military force made up of local citizens to help protect their town, land, or nation
militia
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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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Why did Virginia and other colonies claim the sole right to tax their inhabitants?
because colonists had representation only in their colonial assemblies
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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 Prime Minister George Grenville's policy toward the colonies?
Britain should tax colonies directly to raise money to pay for the war debt
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What does repeal mean?
to cancel or nullify, especially a law
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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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What is a duty?
a tax on imports
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How did the Currency Act of 1764 directly affect Benjamin Franklin?
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What was the British law that regulated paper money in the American colonies called?
The Currency Act
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Who were the Sons of Liberty?
the groups of merchants, shopkeepers, and craftsmen who successfully opposed the Stamp Act by establishing networks to boycott British goods
