Acts
Vocabulary
Causes of American Revolution
Declaring Independence
Native Americans in the revolutionary war
100
Tax luxury items, like wine, silk, sugar, and cofee that colonist brought from Britain
What is Sugar Act?
100
To change or add
What is Amend
100
- They learned eachothers culture - Trade
What is the ties linked the colonies to Britain?
100
John Hancock signed his name large so the king can read without his glasses
Why did Hancock write his name in large letters on the Declaration of Independence
100
Neither hoice was very promising for the Native americans
What is the reason why it was difficult for the native americans to decide whom to support?
200
A british tax on printed documents such as newspapers, college diplomas, and even playing cards
What is Stamp Act
200
To stop buying something to make a point or statement
What is Boycott?
200
- Taxes - Distances
What is the differences that began to pull them apart?
200
Congress voted to approve a declaration of independence on that date
What did the congress vote to approve on july 4,1776?
200
They sided with british because colonial settlers passed a threat to their lands and way of life
What is the reason cherokees side with the british?
300
Required to colonist to pay import tax on british goods, such as glass, paint, and lead
What is Townshed Act?
300
A loyalist; A person loyal to british rule
What is a Tory?
300
The affect was they started the sugar act
What is the outcome of the french and indian war affect the American colonist?
300
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn signed it
What is the 3 names of the north caroliniains who signed the Declaration of independence?
300
Oneida, Tuscarora, and Catawba
What is the names of the native americans that sided with the colonist?
400
Required colonist to pay for british soldiers to stay at inns and other public places. It also required that the colonist pay for the soldiers food
What is Qaurting Act?
400
Unable to be taken away; Something you always have
What is unalienable?
400
They objected because it was taxation without representation
What is the reason colonist object to the stamp act?
400
Congress voted to create the continental army
What did the congress vote to create?
400
Mahawk, Cherokee, Creek, Chotaw, and Chickasaw
What is the name of the Native americans that sided with the British?
500
Were passed in response to the boston tea party, these acts took away governmental rghts in Massachusetts, out lawed the use of the part Boston and required colonist to allow british soldiers to live in their homes.
What is Intolerable Acts?
500
After approving the Declaration of independence, the second continental congress agreed to form a national government. The articles of confederation were created to give power to and guide the new government. The problem was, the articles were very weak
What is Articles of Conferation?
500
A group of people who came together to protest the stamp act
What is the sons and daughters of Liberty?
500
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What is the unalienable rights Jefferson refer in the Declaration of Independence?
500
A peace treaty, Cherokee gave up all their land east of the blue ridge mountains
What is the Treaty of long island at Holston?