VOCABULARY
ACTS
CAUSES AND PROCESS
AFRICAN COLONIZATION
100

Who were the REDCOATS?

The British soldiers.

100

What was the first Act?

The sugar Act, taxes sugar. molases, indigo, wine and coffee.

100

What was the detonant of the American Revolution?

The French and Indian war.

100

Why was it called Triangular Trade?

The route between Africa, Europe and the Americas create a triangule and this route was used for trading goods and people. 

200

What is a tax?

A mandatory payment to the goverment.

200


What are the INTOLERABLE ACTS?

Laws imposed by British lawmakers as a punishment for Massachusettes' actions in the Boston Tea Party

200

What does it mean to have representation?

A system is in which people can choose candidates to represent them before the government. 

200

Describe the 3 steps of the Triangular trade. 

1st stop from Europe to Africa.

2nd from Africa to the Americas

3rd from America to Europe

300


Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?

KING GEORGE III

300

What was the difference of the Townshend Act with the previous ones?

The Act arrived with British troops to enforce law. 

300

What was the first and second action of the Continental Congress?

The Creation of the Continental army for defense and the Declaration of independence.

300

What was the Middle Passage?

The journey of African slaves from Africa to the Americas. 

400

The strategy of refusing to purchase goods in the hopes of weakening a group

What is a boycott

400

This law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.

What is the QUARTERING ACT

400

What was the Boston Tea Party?

An act of boycott from the Sons of Liberty where they pour the tea into the ocean.

400

Who started the Triangular Trade?

Portugal

500

What was the first battle of the Continental Army?

Saratoga Battle

500

Name 4 actions taken by the colonies after the imposition of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.

•The Sons of Liberty were created.

•They refused to pay the tax.

•The tax collectors were threatened or made to quit their jobs.

•They even burned the stamped paper in the streets.

•Boycotted

500

What was the Monroe Doctrine?

A declaration from USA to warn European empires that any attempt to colonize the Americas will be viewed as a hostile act. 

500

What factor facilitated slavery in Africa by European empires?

The fact that the tribe leaders were willing to give them people, usually, servants, debtors or war prisioners. 

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