Events in the Colonies
The dispute over land between English settlers, the Indians in the Ohio Valley, and the French in Canada led to this.
The French and Indian War
King James II of England became very unpopular and was replaced. Parliament passed this act, which reduced the power of the king and increased the powers of Parliament.
English Bill of Rights
Under this law, colonists had to pay a tax to have official document, playing cards, licenses, pamphlets and newspapers stamped with the seal of the king to show the tax had been paid on it.
Stamp Act
Creating a system to maintain wealth through controlled trade—England used this to control colonial trade and increase profits
Merchantilism
This movement spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society.
Enlightenment Movement
The tension between the colonists and British soldiers exploded in Boston, March 5, 1770. A group of protesters baited a group of British soldiers, pelting them with snowballs and insults. Two others dies a few days later. This incident was called what?
Boston Massacre
Prime Minister George Grenville felt the colonists should pay not only for the war but for the army. In 1764 Parliament passed this, which set duties on molasses and sugar imported by the colonists.
Sugar Act
This law placed duties on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea.
Townshend Acts
A tax on imported goods
Duty
Colonial groups that sent letters to towns and other colonies. They shared ideas and information about the new British laws and ways to challenge them.
Committees of Correspondence
Many of the colonial merchants and smugglers felt that the British East India Tea Company would put them out of business. When three ships load with tea entered the Boston Harbor in 1773 the Sons of Liberty demanded that the ships leave. On December 6, 1773, colonists disguised as Indians sneaked onto the ships and dumped the tea in Boston Harbor. This event became known as what?
Boston Tea Party
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Lord North the new British Prime Minister decided to punish Boston. He had Parliament pass these laws.
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
This part of the Intolerable Acts took land away from Massachusetts and gave it to Quebec, Canada.
Quebec Act
A system of trade between the Americas, Britain, and Africa
Triangular Trade
This section of the triangular trade went from Africa to the Caribbean and was considered brutal since many slaves did not survive the journey.
Middle Passage
What slogan did Samuel Adams and James Otis use to describe this, in their opinion, unjust taxation?
"No Taxation Without Representation"
This part of the Intolerable Acts forced colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering Act
How did the Intolerable Acts affect Boston?
The Boston Harbor was closed until all tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. It affected social and political thinking in the colonies.
Great Awakening
Refusal to buy something
boycott
This person was arrested for printing a newspaper article critical of the Governor of New York—the governor said it had harmed his reputation.
John Paul Zenger
These laws affected colonial trade by forcing all exports to come on British ships and to pay import taxes.
Navigation Acts
This law prohibited colonists to settle past the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
1. This was the style of government in Virginia.
2. This was the style of government in New England.
1. House of Burgesses
2. town meeting
1. A colony owned by private owners.
2. A colony owned by the king.
1. Proprietary
2. Royal