Vocabulary and Laws
What do we call a refusal to buy goods or services as a form of protest?
Boycott
Which two European powers fought each other in North America during the French and Indian War?
Britain and France
What was the name for Britain's policy of loosely enforcing many trade regulations and allowing the colonies considerable freedom to manage their affairs?
What was salutary neglect?
What famous 1773 protest involved colonists dumping British East India Company tea into a Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
In what city did British soldiers fire into a crowd of colonists on March 5, 1770?
Boston, Massachusetts
What do we call a group of civilians trained to fight in an emergency?
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War in North America?
Land, specifically in the Ohio River Valley
Which British law required the colonies to provide British troops with housing and certain supplies?
What was the Quartering Act?
What did the First Continental Congress ask colonists to do to put economic pressure on Britain?
Boycott British goods and stop trade with Britain.
How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?
Five
What secret organization of colonists opposed British policies and helped organize protests against British taxes?
Sons of Liberty/Daughters of Liberty
What 1763 treaty ended the French and Indian War and transferred most of France's mainland North American territory to Britain?
Treaty of Paris
What famous protest slogan argued that Parliament should not tax colonists who had no elected representatives in it?
What was 'No taxation without representation'?
What was one important action colonists took to prepare for a possible military conflict with Britain?
They began organizing and training militias and gathering military supplies.
Who created the famous engraving titled 'The Bloody Massacre in King-Street' that portrayed the British soldiers firing on colonists?
Paul Revere
What 1765 law taxed newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials in the colonies?
Stamp Act
Why did the French and Indian War lead Britain to increase taxes on the American colonists?
Because Britain had accumulated substantial war debt and wanted the colonies to help pay for it.
Why did many colonists believe British taxes were unfair, even when the taxes were not extremely expensive?
They had no elected representatives in Parliament to speak for their interests or consent to the taxes.
What was the main reason the First Continental Congress met in 1774?
o coordinate a colonial response to Britain's Coercive Acts, passed after the Boston Tea Par
Why was Paul Revere's engraving considered effective Patriot propaganda?
It portrayed British soldiers as organized aggressors firing on innocent colonists, stirring anti-British anger. Its dramatic depiction omitted important context and was not a neutral account.
What 1763 British order attempted to prevent colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
Name TWO major effects of the French and Indian War on the colonists.
Examples: increased British taxes, restrictions on western settlement, growing resentment toward Britain, and a stronger shared American identity.
How did British mercantilism limit the economic freedom of the American colonies?
Britain regulated colonial trade to benefit the mother country, restricting economic choices and directing wealth toward Britain.
What major document had NOT been written by the time the First Continental Congress ended in 1774, even though the colonies were becoming increasingly united?
The Declaration of Independence
Who defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre, and what was the outcome?
John Adams defended them. Most were acquitted; two soldiers were convicted of manslaughter and received reduced punishments.