Vocab
a refusal to buy goods from a certain group of people
Boycott
British East India Company
a company that supplied tea and other goods to the colonies.
Sugar Act
a law making it illegal to buy non-British sugar.
a law that forced colonists to buy their tea from the British East India Company.
What was/is the Tea Act?
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was mainly meant to,
A. Avoid conflict between colonists and natives
B. Prevent colonist development in the Ohio River Valley
C. Allow Canada to control the Great Lakes
A. Avoid conflict between colonists and natives
The Boston Tea Party was planned by which of the following individuals?
A. John Adams
B. Samuel Adams
C. John Hancock
B. Samuel Adams
a group of citizens trained to handle emergencies
Militia
Sons of Liberty
a group of colonists who physically protested acts of the British
Boston Massacre
an attack by British soldiers on colonists.
an uprising of Indian nations after the French & Indian War that attempted to push the British out of North America
What was/is Pontiac's Rebellion?
Which geographic region was the Proclamation Line of 1763 drawn along?
A. Missouri River
B. Appalachian Mountains
C. Great Plains
B. Appalachian Mountains
The most well-known victim at the Boston Massacre was who?
A. Captain Preston
B. Crispus Attucks
C. Connor Kenway
B. Crispus Attucks
a group of citizens who were ready to fight on short notice
Minutemen
Ratify
to approve a law or amendment
Proclamation of 1763
an imaginary line drawn at the Appalachian Mountains which prevented settlers from moving into the area.
when the Sons of Liberty threw British tea into the Boston harbor
What was/is the Boston Tea Party?
The British government needed money and taxed the colonists because . . .
A. To improve the British Navy
B. To punish Massachusetts
C. to pay off the French & Indian War
C. to pay off the French & Indian War
Which of the following was NOT part of the Intolerable Acts?
A. the governor of MA was replaced by George Washington
B. the port of Boston was closed
C. British soldiers could be quartered in private homes
A. the governor of MA was replaced by George Washington
was the British governmental body that was in charge of the colonists
Parliament
Petition
a formal request to someone in authority signed by a group of people
Intolerable Acts
a set of laws passed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
The first conflicts that kicked off the Revolutionary War
What were the Battles of Lexington & Concord?
The Townshend Acts placed taxes
A. on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea
B. on legal documents and newspapers
C. on all imported goods
A. on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea
The main purpose of the Continental Congresses was to . . .
A. pass new tax laws
B. protest British policies and unite the colonies
C. declare independence
B. protest British policies and unite the colonies
a group of individuals who wrote letters and pamphlets in protest of British injustices
Committees of Correspondence
Tariff
a tax placed on foreign goods brought into a country
Stamp Act
a law putting a tax on legal documents and newspapers
colonial representatives that met to discuss the Stamp Act
What was/is the Stamp Act Congress?
The Stamp Act and the Townshend Act were . . .
A. enacted to punish Massachusetts
B. the idea of King George III
C. repealed due to successful boycotts
C. repealed due to successful boycotts
The Stamp Act Congress met because
A. the other colonists wanted Massachusetts to start obeying the British
B. the colonies wanted to declare independence from Britain
C. the colonists wanted a unified response to the British acts
C. the colonists wanted a unified response to the British acts
the canceling of a legal action
Repeal
Townshend Acts
laws placing taxes on paper, lead, paint, glass, and tea
colonial representatives that met to discuss the Intolerable Acts
What was/is the First Continental Congress?
The Sugar Act did not raise much money for Britain because
A. the colonists did not use sugar
B. the colonists smuggled sugar from other places
C. the colonists grew their own sugar
B. the colonists smuggled sugar from other places
What were the 4 main methods of protests used by the colonists? Give an example of each.
Disobedience (smuggling sugar)
Protests (boycotts, Boston Tea Party)
Violence (tar and feathering tax collectors, Boston Massacre, Lexington & Concord)
Colony Cooperation (Petitions, Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress)
What were the 3 major complaints that colonists had about Parliament and the taxes being put on them?
Parliament was in England not America
Colonists had no representatives in Parliament
Living in America was already difficult and these taxes made it harder