Question

Match the statements with the words.

All English subjects in Britain and in North America were required to pay taxes on printed materials.
This event resulting in the death of five colonists foreshadowed impending war between the colonies and Britain.
Parliament issued this as punishment for the colonists’ behavior and in order to regain control of the colonies.
After colonists refused to allow British ships to leave the harbor, ships were boarded and cargo was destroyed.

Answer 1

1. Stamp Act — required payment of taxes on printed materials.
2. Boston Massacre — event in which five colonists were killed.
3. Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) — laws Parliament passed to punish the colonies.
4. Boston Tea Party — colonists boarded ships and destroyed the cargo.