Acts and Taxes
This policy describes Brtiain's earlier practice of loosely enforcing trade laws and allowing the colonies considerable freedom.
Salutary neglect
This group dumped tea into the Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.
The Sons of Liberty
This gathering met in Philadelphia in 1774, with every colony except Georgia represented.
The 1st Continental Congress
These colonists, also called Whigs supported independence from Britain.
Patriots
These two crops were central to South Carolina's economy and became the focus of a dispute over the proposed colonial boycott.
Indigo and rice
Passed in 1765, this act required stamps to be purchased for printed materials such as newspapers, legal papers, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
During this March 1770 event, British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five men.
Boston Massacre
This 1775 battle in Massachusetts began when British troops tried to seize colonial weapons and ammunition.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
These colonists, also called Tories, wanted to remain loyal to Britain
Loyalists
This SC leader was a low country planter from Charleston who had much to gain from colonial independence (this county is named after him).
Henry Laurens
This act stopped colonists from printing their own money, creating problems for Southern planters trying to pay debts.
The Currency Act
This African American man was among the five people killed in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
This express rider warned colonists that British troops were approaching, helping Patriot leaders escape.
Paul Revere
Some members of this group joined British forces or escaped to British lines after British officials offered freedom in exchange for military service.
Enslaved people
This new colonial governing body replaced South Carolina's previous lawmaking bodies as the colony prepared for war.
Provincial Congress
Passed after the Boston Tea Party, these laws closed Boston's harbor until the tea was paid for and included suspending Massachusetts's assembly and allowing soldiers to be housed in private buildings.
Intolerable Acts
During the Boston Tea Party, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as members of the Indigenous people.
the Mohawk Tribe
At the Second Continental Congress, delegates chose this man to lead the Continental Army.
George Washington
This Native American nation mainly sided with Britain to protect its lands after colonists violated treaties and took land.
Cherokee
This South Carolina group oversaw the militia, enforced local rules, ran the government when Congress was not meeting, intercepted mail, and seized weapons.
Council of Safety
Passed after the Stamp Act boycott, this act declared that Parliament had "full power to create laws in all cases whatsoever" for the colonies.
Declaratory Act
Passed in 1773, this act gave the British East India Company control of the tea trade.
The Tea Act
How many of the 13 colonies were represented at the Second Continental Congress?
12
These neutral colonists avoided violence because of their religious beliefs or fear of retalition.
Quakers
How many of South Carolina's five delegates walked out of the First Continental Congress after their request to exclude indigo and rice from the boycott was rejected?
Four