Road to Revolution #1
He was the King of England during the American Revolution. He issued this, that angered colonists.
KING GEORGE III. What is The Proclamation of 1763
Name of the British government
Parliament
Area of land that the French & Indian War was fought over:
Ohio River Valley
Was the second meeting of the colonists that would create the Olive Branch Petition.
2nd Continental Congress
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 is a division or a group within the religion of Christianity. Many of these developed in response to the Great Awakening.
Denomination
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
A Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere
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. It also lowered the price of the English company East India Company's tea.
Tea Act
Who wrote the newspaper Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
This was signed to end the French & Indian War:
Treaty of Paris (1763)
This was made by the colonists and sent to the king as the last attempt at peace during the 2nd Continental Congress.
Olive Branch Petition
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. They were typically colonists who were wealthier.
Loyalist
This man was a map maker during the French & Indian War. He was also later Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and a future president.
George Washington
The name of members of the militia in the colonies who would be ready to fight at a moment's notice.
Minutemen
This conflict led to the English colonists leaving the O.R.V. and drawing the Proclamation Line.
Pontiac's Rebellion
Jonathan Edward's most famous sermon which struck fear into the heart of colonists:
Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God
This person was a New York printer who was taken top trial for printing material against his governor. He was found innocents, giving all citizens the right to freedom of press.
John Peter Zenger
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Patriots who used any means necessary (protests, violence, threats) to resist English rule.
Great Awakening preacher who preached in fields through the southern colonies, using guilt as his motivating emotion.
George Whitefield
This person became the Prime Minister of England during the French & Indian War. his sending of supplies and troops to help the English in the colony is seen as a turning point in the war.
William Pitt
The name of the newspaper that Ben Franklin used to print and spread his revolutionary ideas like the Albany Plan of Union.
Pennsylvania Gazette
This is the fort which was built in what would become TN during the French & Indian War.
Fort Loudon
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 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
1st battle of the American Revoltuion is called:
Battle of Lexington & Concord
This act was given by the king of England, basically saying to the colonies, "You work for us and you belong to us".
Declaratory 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
Law passed allowing British soldiers to unlawfully board ships of the colonists and seize smuggled cargo on board.
Writs of Assistance