Vocabulary
Propoganda
One sided information designed to persuade its audience. Shows their opponent in the worst possible light
Proclamation of 1763
British law made it illegal for colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
What happened leading up to and during the Boston Massacre?
Many taxes were passed (stamp act, tea act, Townshend act)which put tension on colonists and erupted.
Patriot
colonist who opposed British laws and taxes
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.
Salutary Neglect
refers to an unofficial and long term 17th & 18th century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep American colonies obedient to England
Effigy
life size doll as used as a symbol of someone who is disliked.
Explain the view of the Patriots and Loyalists about British taxation and colonial reaction
Patriots thought it was violation of human rights and that independence was the only answer
Loyalists thought taxes were necessary in order to have British protection and could not run without British rules
George Washington
young officer from VIRGINIA;
Served the British in the French and Indian War
Quartering Act
required colonists to give quarter to British soldiers
Mercantilism
theory that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country
Navigation Acts
series of laws that made it illegal for colonists to trade goods with countries other than England.
What were some methods used by the Sons of Liberty and other colonists to protect British taxes?
harassing tax collectors. Through the use of mob rule, tactics of fear, force, intimidation, and violence such as tar and feathering, and the stockpiling of arms, shot, and gun powder, the Sons of Liberty effectively undermined British rule, paving the way to America’s independence.
The lasting legacy of the Sons of Liberty to the history of the American Revolution was the December 16, 1773 orchestrating of the Boston Tea Party which ultimately led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
Ben Franklin
colonist who proposed Albany Plan of Union to unite British colonies against the French
Townshend Act
British law places taxes on tea, paper, lead, paint, glass, and other imported goods.
Treaty of Paris
helped organize the Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams
What problems did British face after the French and Indian War and how did they attempt to resolve them?
Recovering from the debt; They resolved it by increasing taxes on the colonists
King George 111
King of Great Britain during period of the American Revolution
Tea Act
First Continental Congress
United Colonial government (12 of 13 colonies) created as a response to Intolerable Acts
created engraving of Boston Massacre
Paul Revere
Why did Ben Franklin propose the Albany Plan of Union?
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government.
Leading members of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere
Intolerable Act
British laws created to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston East India Company