British Acts & Policies
What was the Sugar Act?
The Sugar Act was a tax on sugar and other goods which they installed to raise money from the colonies.
Explain Common Good
Actions and Policies that benefit the community.
Colonization
Controlling people/a place to get manual labour.
Who was George Washington?
First United States President and Commander of Army.
What was the French and Indian War?
Conflict between the British and the French for the Louisiana Territory.
The Stamp Act required the colonies to pay taxes on printed materials.
What are Natural Rights?
Rights every human should have (example: freedom of speech)
Where did the colonists dump tea?
Boston
Thomas Jefferson?
Third U.S. President.
What was the Colonial protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
What was the Tea Act?
Tea Act gave the British East Indian Company a monopoly over Tea and Tea Sales.
What is a Democratic Government?
A system where power comes from the people, who have a voice in decision-making
What year did the Sugar Act come into place?
1764
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Diplomat, inventor, and negotiator of French alliance.
Explain the Declaration of Independence.
The "Declaration" was a document that stated American independence.
Explain the Quatering Act.
Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers
Authoritarian Government
A system where power is concentrated in the hands of a few leaders who control without citizen input
What year did the colonists dump tea?
1773
King George the III?
British monarch during the American Revolution who refused colonial demands/freedoms.
Explain the Treaty of Paris.
Ended the Revolutionary War.
Explain the Intolerable Acts of 1774
- Closing the Boston Harbor
- Restricting Massachusetts
- Allowing troops to be quartered in houses
(All the Above are Correct)
Explain what the Consent of the Governed is.
The idea where government gets power for we the people.
Going back to Political and Government what is "Salutary Neglect"?
It was when the British (unofficially policy) where they didn't enforce any British trade or goods to the United States.
Who was Samuel Adams?
Led the Revolutionary War and was the person who organized colonial resistance
Explain Lexington and Concord.
The First military engagements of the Revolutionary War.