Key Terms
A colonist who remained loyal to the King
Loyalist/Tory
this act taxed glaas, paper, paint, lead and tea!
Townshend Acts 1767
How did the King react to the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
a colonial search warrant
writ of assistance
Early Founding Father, who founded the Son's of Liberty
Samuel Adams
To refuse to buy a product or service
Boycott
this law prevented colonist from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation Act of 1763
How did Samuel Adams & Paul Revere use the Boston Massacre to their advantage?
As propaganda to stir up colonist anger against the British
no taxation
without representation!
Indian Chief that led a brief but successful war against the colonist & Great Britain
Chief Pontiac
an organized letter writing campaign that kept all the colonies informed about what was going on in Boston
committees of correspondence
required colonist to pay for, and provide housing to British soldiers
The Quartering Act
The First Continental Congress didn't meet in Boston, where did they meet?
Philadelphia PA
representation where? where did colonist demand representation?
In Parliament
This fiercely independent patriot represented the British soldiers at the Boston Massacre trial
John Adams
what is propaganda?
systematic effort to influence someone's opinions
this act allowed the British East India Tea Company to sell their tea directly to colonist
The Tea Act 1773
What made the Intolerable Acts so intolerable?
Closed the harbor, New Quartering Act, 1 meeting a year
What treaty ended the French & Indian War?
Treaty of Paris 1763
This Founding Father also discovered electricity..
Ben Franklin
define coercive
to force someone to do something
This act taxed all legal documents..newspapers, wills, playing cards and even dice!
The Stamp Act
How many crates of tea were tossed into Boston harbor?
342
What were 2 examples of how colonist were being treated differently than English subjects back in England?
writs of assistance (they didn't have them in England), quartering acts (also not used in Eng.) and representation (those taxed in Eng. had representatives)
Prime Minister that called for the Sugar Act (and other new taxes on the colonies)
George Grenville