AP World History: US History Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified

Virginia Company of London A joint-stock company that received a charter to build the new colony of Jamestown in 1607 Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia King James I English king who wanted to have a successful colony in America Massachusetts Bay Company Puritans who wanted to escape political repression, religious restrictions, and economic recession. Quartering Act 1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. Townshend Acts A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea Boston Massacre (1770) An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them; five colonists were killed. Threepenny Tax Tax on tea British East India Company A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years. Boston Tea Party A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor. Coercive Acts This series of laws were very harsh laws that intended to make Massachusetts pay for its resistance. It also closed down the Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea. Also forced Bostonians to shelter soilders in their own homes. Boston Port Act This was one of the Coercive Acts, which shut down Boston Harbor until Boston repaid the East India Company for the lost tea. Massachusetts Government Act This was another of the Coercive Acts, which said that members of the Massachusetts assembly would no longer be elected, but instead would be appointed by the king. In response, the colonists elected a their own legislature which met in the interior of the colony.