Terms
People opposed to the ratification of the Constitution.
Antifederalists
What caused the Intolerable Acts?
Boston Tea Party
Passed by Parliament with the intent of "binding the colonies"
Declaratory Act
Last ditch effort at peace sent to George III
Olive Branch Petition
What caused George III to abandon Salutary Neglect and start taxing the colonists?
French and Indian War debt
Molasses Act
Where the smugglers were tried in Nova Scotia
Admiralty Courts
What parliamentary act caused the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
Literally, "runners of the woods".
Coureurs de bois
"Blanket" search warrants designed to stop smuggling.
Writs of Assistance
What caused Parliament to issue the Proclamation of 1763?
Pontaic's Rebellion
Famous fort given back to the French after the French and Indian War
Louisbourg
Radical resolutions adopted in full by the First Continential Congress.
Suffolk Resolves
What was called to attempt to immediately convince the Iriquois Confederacy to support the colonists in the French and Indian War
Albany Congress
The document put into place by the Continential Congress promising "non-import, non-export, non-consumption".
The Association