People
Wrote the Declaration of Independence and was a founding father.
Thomas Jefferson
An act passed to replace the molasses act of 1733.
Sugar Act of 1764
a defensive force created by the Concord town meeting in response to Thomas Gage's attempt to take down Massachusetts armories
Minutemen
what happen on the night March 5, 1770 when 9 British redcoats fired into the crowd and killed 5 townspeople.
Boston Massacre
an act passed that required colonists to provide housing, food, supplies, and even beer for the British soldiers.
the Quartering Act of 1765
Author of "Common Sense", a rousing call for independence and a republican form of government.
Thomas Paine
An act passed that made Colonists have to pay for a stamp on printed material.
The Stamp Act of 1765
the principle that ultimate power lies in the hands of the electorate
popular sovereignty
the conflict between Virginia and the Shawnee Indians
Lord Dunmore's War
an act created by Charles Townshend. It taxed lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea
the Townshend Act of 1767
Called out Virginia's militia and led a force of 2,400 men against the Ohio Shawnees.
Lord Dunmore
an act passed by parliament that repealed the tax on tea and said that all tea must be bought from the East India Company
The tea act of 1773
life, liberty, and property rights must be protected by the government. (John Locke's idea)
natural rights
Name the two towns where General Gage sent British troops toto seize Patriot armories.
Charlestown and Cambridge
this act repealed the Stamp Act but said the British Parliament had the right to make decisions for the colonies in all cases without representation.
the declaratory act 1766
He first passed the Currency Act of 1764, Sugar Act of 1764, and wanted more than just imperial reform.
George Grenville
name some of the products the stamp act affected.
Newspapers, playing cards, dice, various legal documents.
the centuries-old body of legal rules and procedures that protected the lives and property of the monarch's subjects
English common law
Was a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley
Seven years war
Also called the coercive acts, acts passed to punish the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable acts of 1774
Took over for William Pitt when he was ill and had an act named after him.
Charles Townshend
What was the reaction to the Sugar Act?
1. Increased smuggling activities
2. Bribing tax officials
3. Began verbal protest
tribunals governing the high seas and run by British-appointed judges
vice-admiralty courts
when Chief Pontiac led several tribes from The Great Lakes area in a war against the British
Pontiacs war
What act caused Samuel Adams to create the Committee of Correspondence
the Townshend Act