Road to Revolution #1
Name of the King of England in 1763
Who is King George III
Name of the British government
Parliament
Area of land that the French & Indian War was fought over:
Ohio River Valley
To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source
what is boycott
This was made after there was constant fighting between the colonists and Natives, and it declared that colonists were not to settle past a certain boundary.
Proclamation Line (1763)
This means to take back, or to cancel a law. The Sons of Liberty Congress got England to do this to the Stamp Act
what is repeal
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
Stamp Act
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
Which occurred first - The Shutting down of the Boston Harbor or the Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre
Secret meeting of the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia to discuss how to respond to British taxes and especially the intolerable Acts
1st Continental Congress
This confrontation on March 5, 1770, began as a protest of colonists, but ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
BOSTON MASSACRE
This is an unofficial army of citizens that come together to fight:
Militia
This act put a tax on tea that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
Which happened first the Townshend Acts of the Tea Act?
This was signed to end the French & Indian War:
Treaty of Paris (1763)
This first act lowered taxes on molasses
what is the sugar act
The British were taxing the colonies to pay debts from which war?
French & Indian War
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
Loyalist
This man built fort Necessity during the French & Indian War. He was also Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
George Washington
The name of members of the militia in the colonies who would be ready to fight at a moment's notice.
Minutemen
What is Fort Duquesne
The Boston Tea Party occurred in 1773 in what month of the year?
What is December
Which colony did not attend the First CoNtinental Congress?
What is Georgia
Name for the group of Patriots who used any means necessary (protests, violence, threats) to resist English rule.
Sons of Liberty
This act stated that ships comong from the colonies had to go through England first, and that any ship used had to be an English ship.
Navigation Acts
This was a plan made by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonists during the French & Indian War under the slogan, "Join or Die".
Albany Plan of Union
This gave England all of the French territory east of the Mississippi
What is the treaty of Paris
These were passed to help England maintain control over the colonies
What are the intolerable acts
The idea that Parliament was taxing colonists without their consent is called:
TAXATION WITH
OUT REPRESENTATION
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts for the _______________.
Boston Tea Party
This intolerable act gave the territory that belonged to the colonists to the French in Canada
What is the Quebec Act
This intolerable act forced colonists to let British soldiers stay in their homes and forced colonists to also feed the soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
The royal officials who committed crimes in the colonies could no longer be tried in the courts in Massachusetts - referred to as the “get away with murder” act
What is the Administration of Justice Act
This Intolerable Act that banned town meetings and revoked the charter of Massachusetts
What is the Massachusetts Government Act
This person was the hypeman for the colonists leading up to the American Revolution. This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
This intolerable act closed the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Port Act