British Acts
First Continental Congress
MISC
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100
How did the colonial boycott on British goods affect the mother country?
Great Britain lost profits because its colonies would not buy its goods.
100
What was the most significant factor that led the American colonists to form the First Continental Congress in 1774?
Colonial frustration with laws passed by the British Parliament
100
By the middle of hte 18th century, most of hte people of hte Upcountry were from what group?
white farmers
100
A British policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
salutary neglect
100
to officially withdraw, as a law
repeal
200
What were the Townshend Acts?
duties on imported goods such as tea, glass, paint, and paper
200
What was the only exception to the First Continental Congress's non-exportation agreement?
South Carolina could export rice.
200
The 1740 Slave Code affected blacks and whites in South Carolina. Whites were primarily affected in what way?
They were fined for excessively punishing their slaves.
200
the oppressive and unjust use of power
tyranny
200
dummies or other images of someone who is hated
effigies
300
When the colonists refused to buy goods from merchants who imported goods from Britain, this was an example of________________________.
boycotting
300
Which South Carolinian served as president of hte First Continental Congress?
Henry Middleton
300
What did the British government offer as an incentive to grow indigo in SC?
subsidies
300
search warrants
writs of assistance
300
provide room and board
quarter
400
What was the purpose of the Tea Act?
to give the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales
400
What did all of South Carolina's delegates to the First Continental Congress have in common?
They were all wealthy and from the Low Country.
400
Which South Carolina delegate to the First Continental Congress supported independence from the beginning?
Christopher Gadsden
400
a tax added onto the pirce of an item specirfically to raise money
direct tax
400
to refuse to buy goods or services from a merchant
boycott
500
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
to punish Boston for the Tea Party
500
What role did South Carolina play in the decisions made at the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia?
The South Carolina delegates risked their lives as members of important committees and even as President of the Congress.
500
How did South Carolina patriots react when the royal governor shut down the Commons House Assembly due to the Wilkes Affair?
established a General Committee of 99 to govern
500
a tax included in the price of the goods and used only to regulate trade
indirect tax
500
one who supported the British king and Parliament during the American Revolution
loyalist
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