A Changing Society
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conflict between England and France for control of North America
What is the French and Indian War?
population of one and one half million people
been living here for 150 years
What are the 13 colonies in 1763?
a series of taxes on the colonies to pay fopr the war with France
What is the Stamp Act?
English soldiers were stationed in Boston
Why were the people in Boston angry?
a new tax on tea, the colonists favorite drink
Why were the colonists upset in 1773?
colonists realized their similarities instead of their differences
How did the French and Indian War change colonists attitudes?
hard working instead of being proud to not work at all
What ius the difference between the colonists and the English?
colonists argued that they did not elect the English government
the new tax violated their rights
What is "no taxation without representation?"
an African American dockworker who was the first victim of the Boston Massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks?
three English ships loaded with tea entered Boston Harbor
What happened in December 1773?
more cities were built and trade grew rapidly
How did life in the colonies change?
divided by the rich, the middle class, and the poor
What is one thing the English and the colonists have in common?
English leaders were so surprised by the large protest of taxes by the colonists
Why did English Parliament withdraw the Stamp Act?
a 34-year lawyer who was asked to defend the soldiers who were arrested as a result of the Boston Massacre
Who was John Adams?
50-60 men dressed as Mohawk Indians
Who dumped 45 tons of tea in Boston harbor?
colonists elected their own representatives and made their own laws.
How did the colonists govern themselves?
women and African Americans
Who have social and economic barriers in colonial society?
gave colonists a common enemy
What was one effect of the Stamp Act?
soldiers fired on the crowd because they were afraid of being attacked.
What was John Adam's argument in defense of the soldiers?
He was enraged by the Boston Tea Party
Who was King George III?
The French and Indian War was very expensive.
Why did England pass a new series of taxes on the colonies?
New York, Boston, and Philadelphia
Where are there large Africans American settlements in the thirteen colonies?
colonists refused to buy English goods
colonial women spun their own wool rather than buy English thread
How did colonists react to more English taxes?
people were satisfied but tension still grew between the English king and colonists
What was it like in Boston after the Boston Massacre verdict?
English government passed harsher laws
Why did more colonists oppose the king?