Vocabulary
Life, liberty, and property (or pursuit of happiness) are considered ____________________
Natural Rights
The majority of Native Americans were on which side during the war?
French
This act forced colonists to house, clothe, and feed British soldiers if necessary.
Quartering Act
Five colonists were killed in Boston on March 5, 1770 after a clash broke out between British soldiers and angry colonists.
Boston Massacre
In 1776, the Second Continental Congress issued this document in which delegates aired their grievances to King George III and stated that they no longer wished to be governed by the British.
Declaration of Independence.
The British version of our Congress; this government body passed the taxes that were imposed on the colonists; Colonists were not allowed to send representatives here.
Parliament
Following the war, the British attempted to pay off their debt by __________________
Imposing and raising taxes on the colonists.
This tax was issued on paper, playing cards, and dice. It even had a special little mark on each piece of paper and mail to show someone had paid.
Stamp Act.
This group organized the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773.
Sons of Liberty
This law was passed to restrict colonial trade by stating that they could only export certain goods to England.
Navigation Acts
When a group of people are sent from a mother country to go and settle somewhere, live there, and extract resources, they are creating a _____________.
Colony
This young Virginia plantation owner and militia leader led troops at the Battle of Fort Duquesne, starting the French & Indian War.
George Washington
True or False: The Sugar Act cut the tax on imported sugar
True; the British were trying to discourage smugglers and promote trade with the British East India Company.
This meeting of colonists in 1774 (Philadelphia, PA) were called to try and come up with a unified response to British actions; Georgia did not attend. The colonies decided to boycott British goods.
First Continental Congress.
This section of the Triangular Trade was where enslaved people from Africa were transported across the Atlantic to the Americas.
Middle Passage.
An economic system that emphasizes obtaining as many natural resources as possible (like gold and silver) and exporting more than they import
Mercantilism
What was the main cause of the French & Indian War?
British and French were fighting over land and resources in the Ohio River Valley, and in North America as a whole.
These series of acts were created to punish colonists in Boston for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts (closed Boston Harbor, reinforce Quartering Act, martial law in Massachusetts)
In 1775, the Second Continental Congress met and issued this document as a last chance peace offering to King George III. King George III responded by stating that all those rebelling against him would be hanged.
Olive Branch Petition.
Mr. Holmes' ancestor, John Alden, took this boat from England and landed in Plymouth, MA. He was a leading figure in the Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower.
Salutary Neglect
The Proclamation of 1763, at the end of the war, stated that colonists could not move west past what?
The Appalachian Mountains.
This slogan was used by colonists to express their anger at the fact that they were forced to pay taxes with no input at all on the taxes themselves.
"No taxation without representation"
Thomas Paine published this pamphlet in early 1776, and was one of the first major publications to call for American independence from the British.
Common Sense.
This future president defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in court.
John Adams.