People
What group did Sam Adams help create?
The Sons of Liberty. This group helped fight and protest against the British.
What is the Stamp Act?
The purpose of the Tax was to pay off the war debt
Created by George Grenville
Americans protested(Riots/marches) in the streets / Targeted Tax Collectors
Taxed Printed Materials (Newspapers, Legal Documents, Playing Cards)
What was the Boston Massacre? What caused it?
What happened? - 4 killed / 2 wounded / British were defending the Governor's Mansion from being destroyed
Why did it happen? - Fewer jobs available because more soldiers were living in Boston
What was the Continental Congress?
Delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights. They stated that if the British used force against the colonies, the colonies should fight back.
Got together minutemen ( civilian soldiers) in preparation for war
Frederick North
North devised the Tea Act, which granted the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay.
What battle/ part of the revolution was Thomas Gage involved in?
Concord. He was a British General and gave the order to seize supplies.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
It was when Different colonies came together and organized protests against the British
Fro this the Sons of Liberty was started
What was the seizing of the Liberty Ship?
John Hancocks Ship - was searched for smuggling: Sneak in goods from countries
Rioted in the streets (British sent 2,000 more troops stop the protests)
What were the committees of correspondence?
secret communication network to help colonies organize together to keep the British knowing future Plans
John Hancock
Owned the ship, the liberty, which triggered riots against customs agents. In response, the British stationed 2,000 “redcoats,”
Who was George Grenville?
The Prime Minister who passed the Stamp Act.
What was the Townshend Act?
Glass, Lead, Paper, Paint and Tea (Charles Townshend - Introduced the tax
Duty - Tax imports for money - raise money for the government
Boycotting - stop purchasing British goods (Hurt the Economy)
“Taxation without representation” - angry they were taxed without having input
Mercy Otis Warren - encourage wealthy Americans from buying expensive goods (Boycotts)
Tar and feather / Injure Tax Collectors
What was the Boston Tea Party/ what was its cause?
Protest against the unfair tax - boarded the ships disguised as Native Americans - destroyed all the tea
Colonists were mad about the tax
What was a minuteman?
Civilian ( colonist) soldier who would fight against the British
James Barrett
James Barrett was Colonel of the Concord, Massachusetts, militia during the Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War. His farm was the storage site of all the town of Concord's militia gunpowder,
Charles Townshend
Passed the Townshend Acts.
What was the Tea Act?
Tax on Tea (Help the East India Company) - had a lot of debt because of boycotting
What happened at the fight at Lexington?
General Gage sent troops to destroy and seize all weapons
The British were outnumbered and went back to Boston.
Mercy Otis Warren
He was a doctor.
He was informed that Gage ( the British) was going to march to Concord through Lexington.
He sent for Paul Revere and the Sons of Liberty to warn everyone.
East India Company
held an official monopoly on tea imports, it was hit hard by the colonial boycotts.
Paul Revere
member of the sons of liberty, he warned the colonists that the British were coming and organized riders to help.
What were the Intolerable Acts? What 3 things did this act include/ put limits on?
Series of punishments British placed on Boston (Response)
Martial Law - Military-controlled city
Closed Harbor from trade (Pay back the tea)
Stopped Town Meetings - Stop the Americans from organizing
Battle of Concord
Colonists won, the goal of the British was to destroy munitions.
Thomas Hutchinson
Martial Law
Thomas Gage, commander in chief of British forces in North America, was appointed the new governor of Massachusetts. To keep the peace, he placed Boston under martial law or rule imposed by military forces.