Vocabulary
Petition
A formal written request to an authority signed by the people.
French and Indian War
A war between the British and French, different Native American tribes fought on both sides.
George Washington
British General who fought in the French and Indian war
Taxed goods such as molasses and sugar.
Sugar act
The Tea Act
boycott
To refuse to buy a specific good or service.
Ended the French and Indian War in 1763
Treaty of Paris
The King of England during the 1760s.
King George III
Taxed paper goods such as playing cards, newspapers, dice, and almanacs.
Stamp act
Who drew the picture depicting the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere
repeal
To cancel or remove from law.
Pontiac's war
A short lived squabble led against British soldiers by natives after the French and Indian War.
A member of the sons of liberty and a great organizer of people.
Samuel Adams.
Allowed British soldiers to demand housing, candles, food, and beverages from colonists.
Quartering act
What was the slogan often echoed by the colonists when protesting British acts.
"No Taxation Without Representation".
The two Native American tribes who fought in the French and Indian war.
Algonquin and Iroquois
Boston Massacre
Started by a British Soilder assaulting a colonist, led to a massive protest ending with 5 dead.
Worked with Mercy Otis Warren to write a play that motivated colonists to stand up and fight.
Abigail Adams
Act that prevented colonists from trading with any country other then Great Britain.
Navigation act
How many British soldiers were involved in the Boston massacre and how many were charged and convicted.
8 involved 2 jailed.
The term for a former slave who had been freed, most moved to the north.
Freedman
The British established a new economic system over the colonists. It was designed to help repay the war debts by limiting trade to Great Britain.
Mercantilism
A Boston Lawyer who defended the British Soldiers who fired during the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
Taxed goods such as led, paper, paint and Tea.
The Townshend act
What did the British Parliament elect to do on the same day that the Boston Massacre occurred.
Hint:It was Ironic
Repealed the majority of acts that upset the colonists.