Terms
Colonies not buying things that had indirect taxes on them (tea, glass, etc.), caused punishments from the British.
What is boycotting
An indirect tax on molasses and sugar.
What is the Sugar Act?
King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is King George lll
These people wanted independence NOW
Who were John & Sam Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, The Lees?
Tax on tea that actually lowered the price of tea; Sons of Liberty protested with the Boston Tea Party
What is the tea act?
British didn't force things upon colonies, allowed them to be somewhat independent.
What is Salutary Neglect?
Direct tax on legal documents (birth certificate, marriage papers, etc.).
Stamp act
Member of the Sons of Liberty; rode to Lexington with Dawes and Prescott to warn of the approaching British troops, 'midnight ride'
Who is Paul Revere?
These people wanted independence later/once colonies unite and agree.
Who are John Jay, Robert Morris, Guevorner Morris, and George Washington?
First battles of the American Revolution
What are Lexinton and Concord?
This document gives the right to overthrow a gov't if basic human rights are not being met.
What is John Locke's social contract?
An indirect tax on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea.
What is Townshend act?
The Virginian who was chosen as commander of the Continental army.
Who is George Washington?
Priority is to protect and defend Boston, we have to make a military. The military is the first Continental army lead by George Washington.
What is the only thing Patriots and Moderates agree on?
He says, "It is not a matter of if we gain independence, but when" because independence was inevitable, they were only waiting on unity.
Who is Ben Franklin?
This was imposed on Boston after the Boston Tea party, all of Boston was blamed, even non-participants.
What is collective punishment?
Not a tax on anything, but lets colonists know that the British CAN tax, or pass any law on them.
What is the declaratory act?
Founder of the Sons of Liberty, American Revolutionary leader and patriot.
Who is Sam Adams?
These two states are majority patriots
What are Massachusetts and Virginia?
A list of requests to the King to restore rights in the colonies.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
Regular guys with a bunking rifle get together to train once a month to fight at any moment
What is a militia/minutemen?
This CAN be seen as an act of war, it contained a series of acts that was the collective punishment after the Boston Tea Party.
What is the intolerable/cohesive acts?
Massachusetts lawyer; a leading defender of colonial rights against British policies; member of Continental Congress.
Who is John Adams?
These two states are majority radicals.
What are New York and South Carolina?
A law passed by Parliament banning colonial settlement West of the Appalachian mountains, reserving it for natives instead.
What is Proclamation of 1763