History 111 Chapter 5

Common Sense

As a result of the Sugar Act, the duty on molasses was

George III believed

In the 1760s and 1779s, most members of parliament

The most important responsibility facing the Second Continential Congress was to

The Tea Act of 1773 was passed in order to

A major difficulty that confronted the First Continental Congress was

The _______extended Canadian boundaries into the Ohio Valley and recognized civil rights for Roman Catholics

American colonists, in the years just after the conclusion of the Seven Years War, could be characterized best as

Central to the colonists position in the Anglo-American debate over parliamentary powers was

The Boston Massacre

England passed the Coercive Acts in response to

The central element in the Anglo-American debate over governance was known as

Samuel Adams' role prior to 1774 can best be described as

A major source of information for the colonists was

One consequence of the Townshend Acts was

Aggravating the problems created by the Seven Years' War debt was

The boycott movement against the Stamp Act

Approximately _____ Loyalists who sided with the British during the war for independence eventually left America

The Stamp Act of 1765 affected