Acts -
Sugar, Molasses, Quartering, Stamp
Molasses
War formally concluded by this treaty
Treaty of Paris
First college in the Colonies, ultimately a hotbed of new religious thought
Harvard
This event is responsible for triggering the Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
The first "direct" tax that Colonists had to endure
Stamp
AKA the cradle of democracy
Taverns
Events -
Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Treaty of Paris, Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Colonial Proposal to "ally" with the British and assist in the war
Albany Plan/Congress
Ben Franklin as a Deist was even enamored with this transatlantic preacher
Whitefield
The British name for the Intolerable Acts
Coercive
Virtual Representation
This governor of NY and NJ was inept, corrupt, bigoted. Basically a foreshadowing of modern day politicians
Lord Cornbury
Great Awakening, French Indian War, Albany Congress
Proclamation Act
Great Awakening
This act was passed as a means to "protect" colonists from Native American attacks. It largely was done to restrain movement of colonists
Proclamation Act
Challenged Puritan orthodoxy by personalizing faith for congregants
Jonathan Edwards
Under the intolerable acts, this existing act was revised and illustrated a glaring violation of colonial privacy
Quartering
These group of taxes were passed shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act
Townshend Duties/Acts
Instrumental annual book that helped clarify and shape Colonial/American character
Poor Richards Almanack
Witches
This policy that England informally used towards the colonies for over a century effectively ended when the French Indian War ended
Salutary Neglect
Essentially the Great Awakening was a response to this European secular movement
Enlightenment
Assembly Act
This would definitely be the first tax colonists faced as it can be traced back to the 1600's. Poorly enforced obviously
Navigation Acts
Principle established in the Zenger Trial that is embraced in our modern first amendment
Freedom of Press
Declaratory
One of the causes for the war stemmed from British desire to get greater access to this trade
Fur
Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist denominations were more commonly referred to as these type of churches
"New Light"
This group organized in the wake of the devastating impact of the Intolerable Acts
1st Continental Congress
Passed after the French Indian War to enforce the Navigation Acts
Writs of Assistance
Sorely overlooked external tax of the early 1700's that hinted at the oncoming crisis of taxation that would emerge between the English and their colonies
Molasses Act