Proclamation of 1763
An order in wich britain prohibited american colonists from setteling west of the appalachian mountains
Sugar act
Law passed by parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar and other products shipped to colonies
Stamp act
Required colonist
To buy stamps for every piece of paper used
Quartering Act
A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that ordered colonists to provide british troops with housing
Sons of Liberty
A scecret colonial group that protested acts of tyranny
Townshed Act
A series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New Yorks assembly and established taxes on goods brought into British Colonies
Writs of Assistence
Written search warrant that allows British Officers to enter colonials homes to search for smuggled goods
Boston Massacre
incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists, the first bloodshed of the American Revolution
Commities of Correspondance
A group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs
Boston Tea Party
Parliament put tax on tea to raise money
Intolerable Act
A series of laws inacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts coloniest for the Boston Tea party
Tea Act
Law passed by Parliament that was designed to bail out the British East India Company and expand the company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies
First Continental Congress
First official government of colonies-Patrick Henry wanted to unite the colonists together by thinking of themselves as one group: Americans
Lexington and Concord
First battle of revolutionary war " Shot heard around the World", british did not mean to cause a fight because they were marching to try and get smuggled items from colonists
Daughters of Liberty
Colonial women form a group to boycott, made own cloth, boycotted British groups
King George III
King of Great Britian during rebellion and American revolution
Patrick Henry
Famous for saying "Give me liberty and give me death
Sam Adams
Leader of Sons of Liberty
Paul Revere
famous for midnight ride " the british are coming
Red Coats
the soldiers of the British army
Boycott
a revusial to buy certain goods
Militia
a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are available to fight in an emergancy
Loyalist
American colonist who were loyal to the British government, Loyalists did not consider the "unfair taxes" for rebellion
Patriot
american colonist who believed that the colonies had the right to govern themselves
revenue
income a government collects to cover expense
Parliament
the law making body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the Kingdom
Tyranny
the unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way
Declaratory Act
An act that gave parliament supreme control to govern the colonies and tax them
John Adams
A patriot defended the soldiers of the Boston massacre
repeal
to cancel an act or law
Events in order
1. Proclamation of 1763
2. Quartering act
3. Sugar Act
4. Stamp act
5. Declaratory act
6. Townshend act
7. Tea Act
8. Boston Massacre
9. Boston Tea Party
10. Intolerable Acts
11. First Continental Congress
12. Battles of Lexington and Concord
Effect of the Proclamation of 1763
Colonists angry over not being allowed to move beyond the App. Mountains
Effect of the Townshend Act
Colonists boycott all British goods/Bostson Massacre
Effect of Lexington and Concord
Colonial militia fight British troops
Effect of Stamp Act being repealed
Colonists miss the fact that Parliament also passed the Declaratory Act
Effect of Tea Act passing
Boston Tea Party
Effect of Townshend Act being repealed
Tension between colonies and Great Britan reduced
Effect of Intolerable Act passing
First Continental Congress: Colonies send message to King about their rights, and boycott British goods
Effect of Stamp Act passing
Petitions written to Parliament, Colonial protests, tax collectors tarred and feathered
Effect of Sugar Act
Increase in smuggling within the colonies
Cause of the French and Indian War
Britain and France both wanted to control the Ohio River Valley
Which colony did not send a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia?
Georgia
What was the first act Parliament passed forcing the colonies to help pay off the war debt?
Sugar act
Taxation without representation
it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government
Documentation that suggested the colonies should unite under one government
Albany Plan of Union
Which city in America is named after a former Secretary of State in England from the 1750's?
Pittsburgh
Which act created a monopoly for the British East India company in the colonies?
Tea Act