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What is Quartering Act?
It required colonists to quarter, or house British troops and provide them with food and other supplies.
How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts?
They boycotted British goods
What was significant about the battles of Lexington and Concord?
They marked the beginning of the War for Independence
What is the Townshend Act?
taxes on imported items like glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea
Samuel Adams was a member of what two groups organized to protest the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
What is the Tea Act?
gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without being taxed, while all other tea companies were taxed.
Why did colonists object to the Quebec Act?
Colonists viewed the act as another example of Parliament's unwanted interference with life in North
America.
What is Proclamation of 1763?
Prohibited colonists from settling west of Appalachian mountains to reduce conflict with Indians
What is the name for the war that settled the question of who would control North America? What was this war called in Europe?
French and Indian War
Called The Seven Year War in Europe
What happened on the night of March 5, 1770, that resulted in British troops firing into the crowd and killing five people?
LONGER ANSWER ON TEST
the Boston Massacre
What are the Intolerable Acts?
series of laws, aka in Britain as the Coercive Acts, meant to punish Massachusetts and restrict resistance in other colonies;
How did some colonists ignore the Navigation and Trade Acts?
They smuggled goods into the colonies from other countries
What is Navigation and Trade Acts?
controlled the colonies' trade
How was Native American and French fighting different from that of the English?
British were very organized and had formal training
Native American and French used guerrilla warfare - they hid in bushes and ambushed - good for fighting in wilderness
How did Samuel Adams work to spread information to other parts of Massachusetts?
sending letters to the colonies
What is Quebec Act?
1 - allowed French laws to be used in court in Quebec
2 - extended Quebec's borders
3 - recognized Roman Catholicism as religion of Quebec
How did the British react after the Boston Tea Party?
They passed the Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts
What is Sugar Act?
placed taxes on sugar, molasses, and coffee
Why did Britain tighten its control over the American colonies?
because they had a large territory to take care of and they believed the colonies had too much freedom
Why were the same acts called "Coercive Acts" by the British and "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists.
because it gave the British more power and control but took money and rights away from the colonists
What conflict caused Britain to issue the Proclamation of 1763?
after the French and Indian war, continued problems with Pontiac, an Ottawa Indian chief
What were the four parts of the Intolerable Acts?
LONGER ANSWER ON TEST
1 - Closed the port of Boston until the cost of the tea was repaid
2 - Changed Massachusetts charter to give British officials more control
3 - allowed royal officials charged with crimes to be tried in London, or another colony
4 - the new Quartering Act of 1774 that allowed British to demand supplies and buildings
What is Stamp Act?
Tax on all paper goods
Do you agree with the colonial rallying cry, "No taxation without representation"? Why?
LONGER ANSWER ON TEST
(your own opinion)
Why were the other colonies concerned about the Intolerable Acts although they directly affected only Massachusetts?
they thought it could spread to all the other colonies