Political Systems
Using illegal methods to create change
Outside the system
A tax on newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards
Stamp Act
The King of Britain at the time of the Revolutionary War
George III
Who was the war between?
French and the British
Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
What is beneficial for the majority
Common Good
Gave the British East India Company exclusive right to sell tea in colonies
Tea Act
An official letter of complaint with signatures
Petition
Name of the region the war was fought over
Ohio River Valley
Lawyer that represented the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
John Adams
Power is held by one or a few people who make all decisions such as a king or dictator.
Authoritarian
Laws passed to punish Boston for the Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Group that protested British control of the colonies
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
What were some of the consequences of the French & Indian War?
-Debt for Britain, gaining land in North America, Land west of the Appalachian Mountains
-Mountains reserved to the Native Americans
Eventually named leader of the continental army
George Washington
Destroying the government and replacing it
Create a New System
Prohibited the colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Meeting of representatives from each colony that took place after the Battle of Lexington in 1775
2nd Continental Congress
How did the French and Indian War impact the relationship between Britain and the colonists
Britain needed to pay off the war debt and prevent future wars, so they raised taxes and blocked off land west of the Appalachian Mountains, which angered colonists.
"Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry
Government + other powers
Political Systems
Taxed items imported to the colonies from Britain such as paper, glass, and tea
Townshend Act
Meeting of representatives from most colonies in 1774 to address the Intolerable Acts.
1st Continental Congress
Causes of the French and Indian War
Conflict over land, specifically the Ohio River Valley
Wanted to remain loyal to Britain
Joseph Galloway