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Declared colonies were subordinate to England
Declaratory Act
An Ottowa chief who led an uprising
Pontiac
Said the quote, "Give me liberty, or give me death"
Patrick Henry
Boston Tea Party
May 10, 1775
One of England's greatest statesmen and political thinkers
Edmund Burke
Organizer of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Location of the first continental congress
Philidelphia
Date of the first continental congress
September 7, 1774
started the War for Independence
required colonists to furnish British troops with supplies and living quarters
Quartering Act of 1765
all goods imported must be carried on British owned ships
Navigation act of 1660
Date of Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
Incident with 5 colonists killed
Boston Massacre
colonial militia
minutemen
Belief that the real measure of a nation's wealth was her gold and silver
mercantile theory
required products headed toward the colonies to be channeled through England first
Navigation act of 1663
taxes on imports (glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea)
Townshend Act
limited powers of self government in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Governemnt Act
Date of the battle of Lexington
April 19, 1775
Policy England had toward her colonies
laissez faire; hands-off
Most important British agency that administered the colonies
Board of Trade
formed to bridge the communication gap between colonies, spread news of British abuses, share intelligence, and rally public support for the patriot cause.
company that was essentially granted a monopoly on tea in the colonies by the Parliment
British East India Company
replaced Hutchinson as royal governor of Massachusetts
Thomas Gage