Guess What
Which ACT required colonists to provide quarters and supplies for British troops in America?
Townshend Acts
MASS. Assembly circulates ______ of opposition
letter
How many soldiers were tried and found guilty of manslaughter?
2
Who are English Whigs?
Political party that stood up for the American and went against the Tories ( the tax rule settlers for the Americas)
True or False
As of 1775, the British East India Company was on the verge of bankruptcy.
False - 1773
What made the colonists angry about the Townshend Acts?
Assembly votes 92-? against listening to the British.
7
Which year was the Boston Massacre?
1770
No Taxation Without Representation:
Where does ultimate power lay?
What was colonists' argument?
Parliament can legislate for England and for the empire as a whole, but colonial assemblies could legislate for individual colonies
True or False
The TEA ACT was an attempt to save the company.
True
What were Townshend Duties?
Taxes on imports from GBR (lead, paint, paper, tea)
Duties =. _____ goods
tax
Which group fired against and kill the Bostonians?
British soldiers (red coats)
English argued what?
In any system of gov't there must be an ultimate authority
Since the empire is a single, undivided unit, there could be only one authority within it - the King and Parliament
Boston Tea Party
True or False: Leaders in various cities welcomed entry of East India Company ships.
False
They blocked entry.
What year was Townshend Acts or Quartering Act?
1765
Duties increased or go away?
Go away due to huge hassle they cause for the British
Who was the leader of the resistance movement in Boston in 1772?
Samuel Adams
Committee of Correspondence
Virtual vs Actual Representation
What was the issue?
The American colonists don't have representation in parliament.
King George the 3rd and the British mainlanders said that the colonists have virtual representation but the colonists wanted representation.
When was Boston Tea Party? Month, date, year
December 16, 1773
Were the colonists sent to jain if they didn't provide housing, supplies and feed British soldiers according to the Townshend Acts?
Yes indeed (I wouldn't want to live in that time.)
There were boycotts in which cities against British goods subject to the Townshend duties?
Townshend dies suddenly; his replacement repeals (withdraws) the duties. YAY!
Boston, NY and Philadelphia
The Psychology of Revolt:
Where did the ideas for revolution come from?
Religious: Puritans had left England; this provided inspiration to separate from England.
Foreign:English Whigs stood up against the Tories in England.
Political: Englightenment ideas: a new concept of what gov't should be
What year was the TEA ACT?
1773
Which group was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty (terrorist organization)
They dressed up as Mohawk Indians.
The direct consequence of this were the intolerable (Coercive) Acts.