He was a young 22 when he ascended the throne. His ministers came and went because of his personal distastes, leading to an unstable government.
He suffered from bouts of severe mental illness.
What qualities were true of George III?
These passengers used the Middle Passage across the Atlantic on their voyage to the New World.
Who were enslaved Africans?
The Act of Parliament was pushed by George Grenville because he believed the colonists should be responsible for the huge debt accrued during the 7 Years War (French-Indian War)
What is the Sugar Act of 1764.
The Boston Massacre began because frightened colonists fired first after being pelted by snowballs.
What are items that were not true of the Boston Massacre?
Which Enlightenment philosopher insisted that the governed had the duty to overthrow an unjust, immoral government?
Who was John Locke?
The colonists quoted the work of this English philosopher/political theorist.
He argued that humans had three inalienable rights - the right to life, to liberty, and to property and that government required the consent of the governed.
What was true of John Locke?
The followers of wealthy rebel Nathaniel Bacon were mostly. . .
Who are former indentured servants?
The Act of Parliament affected legal documents, caused a mob to attack the home of the Massachusetts Bay colony governor, Thomas Hutchinson, and led to the ransacking of the office of the Massachusetts stamp distributor, Andrew Oliver?
What is the Stamp Act of 1765?
After this battle, General Thomas Gage complained that the American colonists fought with a spirit and conduct they never showed against the French.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The main issue in the debate between Britain and its North American colonies.
What is parliamentary sovereignty?
The colonists believed that Parliament represented them because they sent several men to Parliament each session.
What was false of the 18th-century British North American colonies?
Colonists saw the colonial assemblies as American versions of . . .
What is Parliament, with the same rights as the House of Commons?
In 1766, Parliament rescinded the Stamp Tax and, not wanting to look as if if was retreating, passed a law saying it had full power to make laws binding the colonies at time that was called . . .
What is the Declaratory Act?
Prior to this battle indentured servants had been the majority of laborers, afterward it accelerated the transition from indentured servants to enslaved labor.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This book, considered to be the most important piece of writing of the American Revolution because it moved colonists away from discussions of reconciliation with Great Britain.
What is Thomas Paine's book, Common Sense?
Much of the debt was related to the French and Indian War and to maintaining a standing army in the colonies.
The British believed the colonials should pay off this debt.
Finance Minister George Grenville was against getting the revenue from the colonists.
Beliefs considered true of the British national debt in the 18th century?
The group known for organizing demonstrations and boycotts, erecting liberty poles, and tarring and feathering colonials who allied the British.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The Act of Parliament that prevented westward expansion by the colonists.
What is the Proclamation of 1763.
What was the chief crop produced by the Western Hemisphere slaves?
What is sugar?
The government dumped the enormous amount of the this import into the Boston Harbor. What is the event called?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Eventually delegates from all of the colonies were members of this government entity. Although the delegates organized the Continental Army, they argued that defense should not be the first issue on their agenda.
What are quality(ies) that were false of the 2nd Continental Congress?
In the early days, they maintained a restrained tone and did not attempt to persuade or coerce the colonists when it came to fighting taxation.
Which of the following was NOT true of the Sons of Liberty?
The Act that pushed even moderate colonists to become angry rebels.
What are the Coercive or Intolerable Acts?
What was the slave code enacted by the House of Burgesses in 1705?
What was slaves became property?
On March 5, 1770 a snowball fight escalated into an armed confrontation that left five Bostonians dead, what is the event now known as?
What is the Boston Massacre?