Colonial Life & Economy
What was the unofficial British policy that allowed colonies to mostly govern themselves?
Salutary neglect
What early colonial meeting style influenced American democracy?
Town meetings
Why did Parliament start taxing the colonies after the French and Indian War?
To pay war debt and protect new territory
What was the main colonial complaint about taxation?
No taxation without representation
What Congress created the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as commander?
Second Continental Congress
Which economic theory said colonies existed to enrich the mother country through trade restrictions?
Mercantilism
Name one example of colonial legislatures.
Virginia House of Burgesses
What 1763 law prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachians?
Proclamation of 1763
Name one of the early taxes that angered colonists
(Sugar, Stamp, Townshend, Quartering).
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
A final attempt to avoid war, pledging loyalty to the king but asking him to intervene
What British laws limited colonial trade by forcing them to use English ships and markets?
Navigation Acts
What religious movement stressed personal faith and equality, promoting shared American identity?
The First Great Awakening
How did the Proclamation of 1763 anger colonists?
It restricted their ability to expand onto land they fought for
What group organized boycotts and sometimes violence against British policies?
Sons of Liberty
A final attempt to avoid war, pledging loyalty to the king but asking him to intervene
France
Describe one way colonial society and culture changed before the French and Indian War.
growth of port cities, increased immigration, rising middle class, slavery expansion, etc.
What plan, proposed by Benjamin Franklin, encouraged the colonies to unite for defense?
Albany Plan of Union
Name one economic effect of the French and Indian War.
Colonial trade restrictions increased; Britain in heavy debt; taxes imposed
What 1770 event saw British soldiers fire on colonists, killing five?
Boston Massacre
What currency did the Congress establish to fund the war?
Continental currency
Compare how colonial economies in the North and South differed.
trade, shipping, small farms; South = plantation agriculture, cash crops like tobacco/rice/indigo
What Native American confederacy was compared to early colonial union efforts?
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
Which empire lost nearly all of its North American territory after the war?
France
What harsh laws, passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, were called the Intolerable Acts?
Coercive Acts
What committee was appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence?
The Committee of Five