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Area settled by Spanish included Florida, Soutwest, Central and South America
a) New Spain
b) New Netherlands
c) New France
d) Southern colonies

The study of past cultures is called
a) geography
b) geology
c) theology
d) archeaology

Group led by William Penn who practiced toleration of many different religions
a) Pilgrims
b) Quakers
c) Puritans
d) Separatists

Tax placed on goods like paper, lead, & glass to raise money for the King
a) Stamp Act
b) Intolerable Acts
c) Townshend Act
d) Quartering Act

Colonists were forced by law to house and feed British soldiers
a) Quartering Act
b) Boston Tea Party
c) Townshend Act
d) Intolerable Acts

This Act was passed in response to Boston Tea Party, ports in Boston were closed and no one could leave or enter the port with supplies
a) Townshend Acts
b) Quartering Act
c) Boston Tea Party
d) Intolerable Acts

This law placed taxes on all paper products, including stamps, wills, newspapers, and magazines
a) Quartering Act
b) Stamp Act
c) Townshend Act
d) Proclamation of 1763

The law passed that prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains was called
a) Quartering Act
b) Townshend Act
c) Proclamation of 1763
d) Intolerable Act

In 1773, The Sons of Liberty dumped 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor after being taxed on tea and forced to buy from the East India Company
a) Boston Masacre
b) Proclamation of 1763
c) Massachusetts Tea Party
d) Boston Tea Party

Took place in 1770, between colonists and people of Boston. Began when people of Boston threw snowballs into a crowd
a) Boston Masacre
b) Boston Tea Party
c) Intolerable Act
d) Proclamation Act of 1763

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