Vocabulary
A military force made up of ordinary citizens
Militia
Taxed newspapers, pamphlets, bills, legal documents, etc
Stamp Act
Took place on Dec 16, 1773, men threw 45 tons of tea into the harbor.
Boston Tea Party
How did the British naval blockade help defeat the French?
Caused the troops to run out of supplies and reinforcements
In 1765, John Adams wrote that "no freeman should be subject to any tax to which he has not given his own consent." This statement suggests that Adams was opposed to:
Taxation without representation
Refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval
Boycott
A series of taxes that taxed items such as paper, tea, glass, lead and paints
Townshend Acts
Took place on March 5th, 1770 when a mob harassed British soldiers who then fired their muskets into a crowd killing colonist
Boston Massacre
Debate over which area of land helped start the French and Indian War?
Why did the sons of liberty organizr the Tea Party:
In response to the Tea Act which created a monopoly on British Tea
A market where there is only one provider of a good or service
Monopoly
This Act allowed royal troops to stay in the homes of any colonist
Quartering Act
Prohibited any English settlement west of the Appalachian mountains
Proclamation of 1763
France's colonial presence in North America after the F + I War was like what?
Had little to no presence in North America
What was the last act of colonial rebellion before the battle of Lex. and Concord?
Boston Tea Party
Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
Propaganda
Closed the port until the price of the dumped tea was recovered
Boston Port Act
A pamphlet written to convice the colonist that a war for independence was needed:
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Which groups of people occupied the Ohio River Valley in the early to mid 1700s?
Native Americans and the French
An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies
Committee of Correspondence
All law officers subect to appointment by the royal governor and banned all town meetings that didn't have approval of the royal governor.
Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act
Which side shot first during the battle of Lex. & Concord?
No one knows.
What was an immediate consequence of the French and Indian War for the Native Americans?
More colonists began to settle on Native American lands