The British Acts
Pot Luck
The French & Indian War
Colonialism
Colonial Responses to the British Acts
100
British trade restrictions which required the colonists to use British ships with British crews, which must go through British ports and pay British taxes.
What are the Navigation Acts.
100
Battle in which the colonists were low on ammunition and, although they held back two British advances, on the third advance they were forced to retreat.
What is the Battle of Bunker/ Breeds Hill?
100
As a result of Spanish support of the French during the French & Indian War, Spain was given this region.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
100
Period of time from 1713 to 1763, where the British had reduced intervention in colonial affairs.
What is Salutary Neglect?
100
The colonists were infuriated and ignored this act, as war veterans felt betrayed and land speculators believed Americans should have access to the lands.
What is the Proclamation Act of 1763?
200
The act imposed an internal tax on newspapers, legal documents, published materials, diplomas, play cards, etc
What is the Stamp Act?
200
These battles were a result of British efforts to seize ammunition located in the area. While initially the conflict resulted in the death of colonists, the British were later taken by guerilla warfare.
What is Lexington and Concord?
200
A plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin which called for colonial unity and was rejected by the delegates.
What is the Albany Congress?
200
The economic theory that embrace the notion that the colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country, in that, it would provide raw materials to the mother country, provide a large consumer market for the mother country's goods, and keep gold and silver in the mother country's economy.
What is mercantilism?
200
In response to the Stamp Act, the colonists burned an effigy of this stamp collector.
Who is Andrew Oliver?
300
A series of acts which closed the port, implemented the Quartering Act, called for all suspects to be tried in England, and revoked the charter.
What are the Coercive/ Intolerable Acts?
300
During this meeting, Washington was selected as the commander of the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
The prime minister who helped turn the tide of the War in the British/ American favor.
Who is William Pitt?
300
The prime minister who most supported limited intervention in colonial affairs under the belief that, among other things, limited interference would produce more wealth and commerce.
Who is Sir Robert Walpole?
300
This group of women spun their own cloth to support nonimportation of British goods. Spinning bees emerged in more than 60 towns.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
400
This act was imposed nearly the same time as the Coercive Acts and called for the territory to be extended to the Ohio River and guaranteed the right of the citizens to practice Catholicism.
What is the Quebec Act?
400
The Navigation laws were aimed to reduce competition from this nation.
Who are the Dutch?
400
William Pitt concentrated British war efforts in these areas:
What is Quebec and Montreal?
400
The names of the men on the committee that were appointed to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams.
400
For this reason, the British granted the British East India Tea Company a monopoly on the tea trade.
What is bankruptcy?
500
Upon repealing the Stamp Act, the British claimed they still had the right to tax when they implemented this act.
What is the Declatory Act?
500
In response to a warship located in Rhode Island to prevent, the Sons of Liberty removed the crew and set the ship on fire.
What is the Gaspee Affair?
500
Pontiac's Uprising and attacks by other tribes in the region led the British to impose this act.
What is the Proclamation Act of 1763?
500
Sam Adams called for an organized committee to communicated with other colonies and the world. More than 80 were established in a few months.
What are the Committees of Correspondence?
M
e
n
u