Revolution part 1
What type caused British so much money?
All of the proxy wars they got into.
What did the colonists do when they started to get in a fight with GB?
Boycotted them and stopped by British goods
What did the boycott result in?
The repeal of the townshed acts
The colonists were tired of being taxed, so they dressed up as natives and threw about 92,000 pounds of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
how did king George 111 respond to the declaration of rights and grievances ?
declaring that massachusetts be in rebellion
How did the British earn more money and get back the money they lost?
What was the reaction to this boycott?
Townshed acts
What was an alternative to British products?
Dutch smugglers ( Dutch tea instead of British tea)
The state Government holds all authority
The people have individual rights
The government must protect the rights of the people
If it DOES NOT then the people have a right to revolt
Who says this?
Who is John Locke
British heard about colonial weapons, they went and took them, paul revere shouted " the british are coming" and the first shot of the revolution was fired
Battle of lexington and concord
British king during the revolutionary
King George 111
Who mainly boycotted?
Women
What led colonists to harass British soldiers?
Growing resentments
What was john Locke
Enlightenment Thinker
When was the DOI finished?
july 4, 1776
True or False: King George was a great listener
False
What were women in charge of?
House hold spending
What is the Boston Massacre
A government is only as strong as its people
People have a right to decide the laws of their country
A state is best run by a leader and a separate body reasonable to make laws
As opposed to a leader who makes all the laws
Who says this? What are they?
Rousseau an Enlightenment thinker
why was the passage about slavery taken out of the DOI?
to not offend southern slave owners and the merchants who benifit in the triangular slave trade, to avoid having the convo about what to do about it
What happened when King George added a new tax strain?
Caused British and colonists to not like each other even more
What did women avoid purchasing?
British goods or clothes, they would make every effort to buy " American" clothes or start from scratch
Who was the first to die in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks, a black man
The Delagates
who is general washington
experienced military leader who inspired confidence