Define Me
_________ is a close association of nations or other groups.
Alliance
________________ is a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa.
Triangular Trade
How did British policies such as the Tea Act affect American merchants?
a. British policies hurt American merchants economically forcing them to become Loyalist.
b. British policies allowed British companies to bypass colonial merchants and sell directly to shopkeepers at a lower price.
c. British policies allowed American Merchants to gain an advantage over British companies in the 13 colonies.
d. British policies provided more job opportunities for American Merchants.
British policies allowed British companies to bypass colonial merchants and sell directly to shopkeepers at a lower price.
What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?
Protest British policies and protect colonial liberties
Put these events in order. A. Stamp Act B. Intolerable Acts C. Tea Act D. Boston Tea Party
A, C, D, B
________is a legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.
Writ of Assistance
To get the colonists and Natives to stop fighting, Britain declares that colonists cannot settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. What was this called?
Proclamation of 1763
The shooting of five Bostonians by British soldiers on March 5, 1770 became known as the ___________________.
Boston Massacre
Tax on documents such as wills, newspapers, diploma’s, almanacs, playing cards and dice.
Stamp Act
________________is a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.
Militia
The meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in September 1774 was called the a.Constitutional Convention b. First Continental Congress c.Albany Conference d. Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress
What is to refuse to buy items from a particular country?
Boycott
What does Franklin mean by this quote? We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin, 1776
Franklin feels that the point has been reached where the colonies must unite in the cause of freedom
After the Boston Tea Party, the British government passed the ____________________ which created a new Quartering Act, prohibited town meetings and blockaded Boston. a.Tea Act b. Townshend Acts c.Intolerable Acts d. Nonimportation Agreements
What is Intolerable Acts
Explain “taxation without representation”
The colonists insisted that the British government could not tax them without giving the colonists seats in the British Parliament.
Colonists were forced to house British soldiers. They had to give them food, bedding, and candles.
The Quartering Act
Who am I? He was a dockworker Part African, part Native American Killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
In 1764, the British were looking to pay off their war debt by taxing molasses by passing the ______________.
Sugar Act
What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
England decided to make the American colonists help pay war debts.